Wednesday February 15, 2012

Ramen restaurant owner stabbed in Chiba

CHIBA —

The 46-year-old owner of a ramen restaurant in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, was found in the kitchen with stab wounds to his stomach on Wednesday, police said. He was taken to hospital and is listed in a critical condition.

According to police, the victim was found by his sister around 11:10 a.m. when she came to the restaurant to help him. The victim told police that a man who wore black clothes and a hat stabbed him and stole money from the cash register. Police found a knife with bloodstains in the kitchen.

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    techall

    Was it a double edged knife more than 5.5 cm in length?

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    BlackFlag

    damn, kashiwa has been in the news a lot this year

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    dennis0bauer

    All kitchen knives need to be banned!

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    BBLeo

    Good evidence was left behind. Cops should act now and very fast. 'BANDIDO' will try again, in another part of the city.

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    borscht

    How much money could a thief take from a restaurant that just opened?

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    Youdontknow

    sounds like an insurance job to me...

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    kjunluc2

    Ban ramen shops.

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