27-yr-old man arrested for bashing father with hammer in Tottori

Thursday 04th June, 08:49 AM JST

TOTTORI —

A 27-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder on Wednesday, accused of hitting his father on the head and face with a hammer.

Police received a call at about 3.30 p.m. from Yasuaki Hamada’s mother saying he had hit his father with a hammer. Police rushed to the home in the town of Iwami and found the father bleeding from his head and face. Police found Yasuaki in the neighborhood wearing a shirt with blood on it, and arrested him for attempted murder. He is also believed to have hit his father with a one-meter wooden pole.

The father was taken to a hospital where he is in a stable condition.

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IfeelImust at 12:04 PM JST - 4th June

Time for a bit of a sing along, come on everybody: "If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning......"

Hard tune to play on a blunt instrument! Ban the sale of hammers?
Altria at 12:09 PM JST - 4th June

I wish people wood work out their differences rather than resorting to violence.
womanforwomen at 01:38 PM JST - 4th June

We don't know the real circumstances behind the incident, but must consider what could have instigated the young man to have so much animosity towards his father.
Yumichu at 02:11 PM JST - 4th June

Hama-taimu!!!!
stirfry at 02:15 PM JST - 4th June

da da da da, dada dada..can't touch this
jonnyboy at 02:18 PM JST - 4th June

they should search his house for a copy of the texas chainsaw massacre. might explain the hammer connection
jonnyboy at 02:21 PM JST - 4th June

Hama-taimu!!!!

are you suggesting he was taking the lyrics a little too seriously? in which case...

can't touch this

our man hammer hasn't been successful in reducing occurrences of train groping
dennis0bauer at 03:13 PM JST - 4th June

Did the father say The horrible thing like "get a Job!"
tasha77 at 04:13 PM JST - 4th June

All he has to say is he was sleep walking and he'll get off.....albiet at 3:30pm.
sharky1 at 04:13 PM JST - 4th June

The title of the article says a hammer, but the article says he may have used a 1 meter wooden pole. Which was it?
kirakira25 at 05:34 PM JST - 4th June

The title of the article says a hammer, but the article says he may have used a 1 meter wooden pole. Which was it?

Both, I think.

I'm a little confused - I was told Japan was a culture where family ties are extremely important, where elders are respected and revered and harmony and unity persists in all groups and areas.

But the news just isn't adding up to this these days....
BBLeo at 07:13 PM JST - 4th June

Lucky father and unlucky son. Father should turn around and chop off his head. A son shouldn't do this to his own father. It doesn't matter what instrum,ent he was using on his father we do not treat our fathers that way but with respect!!! What was the reason to hit his father, for money, drugs or booze? I wonder what jurors will think of that??? They will need time to think over cup of coffee with judge.
polarmalik at 08:59 PM JST - 4th June

This is shocking, very shocking behaviour indeed - he will go straight to Hell after death - before that he'll live in hellfire like situation for the rest of his living days.
Den Den at 09:05 PM JST - 4th June

Polarmalik, I don't think he will be suffering hellfire, rather the opposite. I am sure he feels relieved to get this out of his system, whatever stress his father gave him.
TheQuestion at 12:58 AM JST - 5th June

I don't think he will be suffering hellfire, rather the opposite. I am sure he feels relieved to get this out of his system, whatever stress his father gave him.

Following that logic I should be able to push my brother in front a bus for borrowing my lawn mower and not refilling the gas, but only if I got really stressed because of it of course.