Armed man leads police on 10-km chase in Okayama
OKAYAMA —
A man armed with a bladed weapon led police on a 10-km chase in Okayama Prefecture, on Thursday, before being arrested. Police said they received a call on Thursday morning reporting that a man carrying a bladed weapon was menacing passersby in the town of Hayashima.
When they rushed to the scene, the man jumped into a car and drove away, leading about 10 patrol cars and motorcycles on a chase into the city of Okayama about 10 km away. Near the end of the chase, the man crashed his vehicle into several police bikes and cars waiting at a traffic light, but no injuries were reported.
He was finally arrested after police surrounded his vehicle at a traffic light less than a kilometer from JR Okayama station.
The man was reportedly carrying two kitchen knives. Police believe he may have been planning to go on a rampage after having a dispute at work.
The suspect was identified as a 19-year-old resident of Kurashiki. He was charged with violation of the Sword and Firearms Control Law.
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timeon
shouldn't he be charged with other stuff too?
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S7ro9kGm3aQ
I'd love to see a video of this.
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nandakandamanda
There's a big festival in Hayashima this weekend. 420 years since they pushed back the sea. Maybe he felt left out...
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InTheKnow
They should have used this SWAT group when they went to arrest Lindsey Hawkins' murderer.
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betterdays
Y dont u just say a man armed with a knife..wats with this bladed jargon
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mindovermatter
What...? You mean the cops actually let this innocent suspect ram his car into those dangerous police motorcycles...? They should have jump off their motorcycles and formed a line, so that this suspect, wouldn't injure his car when he rammed them.... Unbelievable... WTF...?
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my2sense
good to see it end this way. In the US, theses things get real intense and nasty with shootouts and such.
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Yelnats
So, if I am walking down the street with my cleaver, cutting board and pan, would I be considered violate the sword law?
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WhiteHawk
Really? The ones I see on the news end with the, ah, suspect crashing, running from the car, getting caught and beaten up by a group of adrenaline-juiced cops. All from the view of a news helicopter.
Okay, I'm just kidding. I really don't pay attention to such things.
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kokorocloud
Bladed weapon, haha. I never really thought of kitchen knives as weapons until I started reading articles like this one. They can be, most certainly, it's just weird that I cringe now everytime I see a kitchen knife.
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30061015
A "bladed kitchen sword and firearms control law weapon".
A fist, a brick, a golf club... Anything can be a weapon if people get pissed enough. Just need a new J-law against getting pissed.
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kokorocloud
Yeah, that's the thing. Anything can be a weapon, it's just that when I read JT, it always seems to be kitchen knives...
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Weasel
Well...at least a police chopper wasn't called in for support.
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moonbeams
Wat different jurisdictions
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moonbeams
Most sensible people would conceal cooking instruments in a bag.
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Alan
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Alan
Whoops. Having a bit of trouble with quote button there. Here's my comment: Japanese has a word "hamono," which is a generic word for any tool or weapon with a blade. If they don't know what kind of weapon was used, they just say "hamono." I don't know of any English equivalent.
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sharky1
I can see a door-to-door search in the near future to confiscate all kitchen knives...
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bdiego
Yes, sounds like a translation issue.
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