75 cars found with their windows smashed in Hakodate

Monday 22nd June, 07:42 AM JST

The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.

› Login to comment

Latest 15 of 19 Total Comments Show All

Mittsu at 01:14 PM JST - 22nd June

these cars didn't have alarms?
sicklittlemonkey at 01:21 PM JST - 22nd June

No doubt smashed by tadpoles falling from the sky.
benhur at 01:31 PM JST - 22nd June

bumblebee had a tantrum..
Stonecoldsoba at 01:35 PM JST - 22nd June

do you have any idea how loud that would be.

Do you? Toughened glass, often used for side and rear windows of cars, will shatter easily and quietly if you hit it near a corner with a sharp object.
kurtp at 01:37 PM JST - 22nd June

Stonecoldsoba - how do you know that? ;-) Anyway, Hakodate is a port city - no doubt some booze-fuelled FOREIGN sailors going on a rampage....
Altria at 01:44 PM JST - 22nd June

Probably some kids throwing a baseball around.
terebiko at 01:46 PM JST - 22nd June

Smash and grab just like in the movies. Or perhaps it is a form of mailbox baseball?
kyourin at 02:32 PM JST - 22nd June

75 cars ..

it's amazing how they escaped WITHOUT being noticed doing the process .. I mean if it takes at least 3 mins to rob a car it would take them at least 3 hrs to do the whole process :)

someones sleeping on the job huh ..
wanderlust at 02:34 PM JST - 22nd June

kyourin - more likely a few people (Japanese never do things alone), doing a few cars at the same time - smash and grab (30 seconds or so each car) be all over in less than 10 minutes...
KnowBetter at 03:09 PM JST - 22nd June

could have been hail...

this almost sounds like a normal night in any big city in North America. About 20 years ago my car was one of over 60 cars that had their window(s) shot out one night by some kids with a pellet gun. They caught the punks but since they were minors there was not much done and I still had to pay the deductable to get the glass changed. Buggers!!!
GAYMAN at 05:06 PM JST - 22nd June

this type of persistent behaviour is entirely consistent with those suffering from neurosis. the perpetrator is clearly acting out those frustrations against what they see to be the enemy. the police must check the criminal records of those who bear grudges against cars
ersby at 09:18 PM JST - 22nd June

No doubt smashed by tadpoles falling from the sky.

:D
bcbrownboy at 06:08 AM JST - 23rd June

Oh, my idyllic memories of Hakodate have forever been tainted.
rajakumar at 06:56 AM JST - 23rd June

Rage by youths against the richer car owners or may be due to many other issues of youths/youth gangs.
motytrah at 06:57 AM JST - 23rd June

Three minutes? Nope. You go down the line, only put effort into things you can see and grab in that instant. I parked in a garage that got hit with a smash and grab once. My car and two others were spared because we had "alarms" in the cars. In my case the alarm was just a blinking light, but it was enough to make them move on to the next.