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Man charged with attempted murder during convenience store robbery

Feb. 19, 2012 - 06:25AM JST

A 28-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a convenience store robbery in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in which the store’s manager was stabbed, police said Saturday.

According to police, the suspect, identified as Hayato Suzuki, came into a Sunkus store in the early hours of Feb 10, and allegedly stole 48,000 yen from the register before stabbing the man, TBS reported.

The store’s 33-year-old manager has been in hospital in a critical condition since the incident and has not yet regained consciousness, doctors say.

Police identified Suzuki by his fingerprints on a juice carton he left on the counter. Suzuki—who is a construction worker—was quoted by investigators as saying he was running out of money to live on, TBS reported.

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