2 men spray irritant in Bic Camera's Shinjuku store

Monday 05th October, 11:11 AM JST

TOKYO —

Police and firefighters were called to the West Shinjuku branch of electronics retailer Bic Camera on Sunday night, after emergency services received a call saying there was a strange odor coming from the men’s toilets on the fourth floor.

Police are looking for two men accused of spraying an irritant in the men’s toilets after 7 p.m. A male customer who was using a cubicle at the time told police that a man called out to him, saying he had left his cell phone in the cubicle. The customer passed the phone over the top of the door, and one of the men sprayed the gas, believed to be a mace or other irritant. The customer suffered minor injuries to one of his eyes.

Police said that there were about 40 people on the fourth floor at the time of the incident, but that no one else was injured.

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Yelnats at 11:48 AM JST - 5th October

No cameras? It is a camera store correct?
Guamarama at 11:50 AM JST - 5th October

Lysol, maybe?
bamboohat at 12:21 PM JST - 5th October

using a cubicle

cubicle?

Where they in an office or a toilet?

Some guy got something in his eye, and he not only called the cops, but it made the papers?

Wow.
flammenwerfer at 12:25 PM JST - 5th October

Yeah cubicle or "stall" if you speak American.
unrested at 12:25 PM JST - 5th October

keystone cops foiled again! dagnabit!
Osakadaz at 12:54 PM JST - 5th October

added to the list of 'wtf' crimes in Japan.I just can't see what the motive of this is.The guy is lucky it wasn't bleach or acid.What a bunch of freaks.
Altria at 01:22 PM JST - 5th October

Was probably air freshner. Guy didn't understand the meaning of "courtesy flush"
blvtzpk at 01:43 PM JST - 5th October

Police are looking for two men accused of spraying an irritant in the men’s toilets after 7 p.m. A male customer who was using a cubicle at the time told police that a man called out to him, saying he had left his cell phone in the cubicle. The customer passed the phone over the top of the door, and one of the men sprayed the gas, believed to be a mace or other irritant. The customer suffered minor injuries to one of his eyes.

Which one of the two did the spraying? Or were there two men in one of cubicles, and one of the two did the spraying?
dolphingirl at 01:55 PM JST - 5th October

Police and firefighters called beacause of a strange odor coming from the men's toilets?! That's hilarious! Not to make light of this (a man did suffer minor injuries to his eye) but really...! Must have been a slow night. Probably a couple of teenagers pulling a prank.
noborito at 02:40 PM JST - 5th October

I've used the bathroom in BIC Shinjuku before. It was sub-third world. The order that the men(s room had in it. I kept the door open and some BIC no brain came in behind me to close it. That place is disgusting. Truly terrible. Anything would be an improvement.
Yelnats at 02:56 PM JST - 5th October

That is the reason why I only use self contained handi-cap toilets.
hellhound at 05:06 PM JST - 5th October

More dumb news! Why this teenager joke is on the news? Pure dumb
bokudayo at 06:03 PM JST - 5th October

Somewhere, teenagers are giving each other high-fives, congratulating themselves on making the news.

Yelnats: I hear you - the handicap toilets are much better.
sensei258 at 08:01 PM JST - 5th October

emergency services received a call saying there was a strange odor coming from the men’s toilets - abunai ne!
Disillusioned at 08:07 PM JST - 5th October

Yelnats - No cameras? It is a camera store correct?

C'mon mate! It was in the men's toilet! Only the women's toilets have cameras in them.