NAGOYA —

A Nagoya woman sustained stab wounds to her back after she was reportedly attacked by a stranger riding a bicycle on a street in the city early Monday, police said. Yasuko Nakatani, 36, called an ambulance saying she had been stabbed by a man who approached her from behind on a bicycle at around 3 a.m. when she left a friend’s apartment to pick up her belongings from her car, they said.

She returned to the apartment on her own and made the call at around 3:20 a.m. and she was taken to a hospital with a fruit knife sticking out of her back, they said. The site in Nagoya’s Naka Ward is in a downtown area mostly with apartments and office buildings where few people walk during the hours of darkness.

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  romulus3 at 11:53 AM JST - 24th March

  I am starting to like this new site now. Its growing on me. Anyway back on topic. The 3am back stabbing of a woman by a male is the height of cowardice. I propose a severe public shaming. They should bring back the medieval stockade so people can hurl the contents of their chamber pots at this guy.

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  DenshaDeGO at 08:23 AM JST - 25th March

  "The site in Nagoya’s Naka Ward is in a downtown area mostly with apartments and office buildings where few people walk during the hours of darkness."

  Perfect place to be walking at 3am then, right?

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  greenteaonsens at 01:40 PM JST - 25th March

  what is it with japanese men and knives?

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