Police released the image of the suspect captured by the security camera on Monday.

Man robs store, assaults clerk in Chiba

Tuesday 19th August, 03:45 PM JST

CHIBA —

A man on Sunday night assaulted a convenience store clerk in Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture, police said Monday.

According to police, the man, believed to be in his 20s or 30s and about 180 cms tall, assaulted the clerk with a knife at around 5 a.m. on Monday. The suspect fled soon after stealing about 160,000 yen from the cash register.

Police have released an image of the suspect taken from security cameras in the store and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.

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5 Comments

meanmutha at 09:00 PM JST - 19th August

freeze! oh sh**! you look like every other dude!

MM
romulus3 at 12:24 AM JST - 20th August

what an idiot. should have covered his face however I am glad he did not. he will be busted soon.

> freeze! oh sh**! you look like every other dude!

only to you. Japanese can tell each other apart a lot better than you can. However if you are Japanese you must spend too much time at home blogging. Try to get out a bit more.
kjunluc2 at 03:45 AM JST - 20th August

****They're called convenience stores because they're convenient for quick robbery. This one looks like American convenient stores. The robbers almost have to stand in line.
PLANETCOP123 at 11:25 AM JST - 21st August

pass this image to every cell phone every hour until he is caught, he may even kill!.
mindovermatter at 11:27 AM JST - 25th August

only to you. Japanese can tell each other apart a lot better than you can. However if you are Japanese you must spend too much time at home blogging. Try to get out a bit more.

Not the Japanese I know...."Shoko Asahara" could walk into a Koban in Tokyo asking for directions to the Hibiya-sen and the nearest place to buy industrial chemicals and the cops wouldn't think twice about helping him out, maybe even escorting him there...