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Man held in new knife scare in Japan: police


AFP
Friday, June 27, 2008


    

TOKYO -- Japanese police said they arrested a man Thursday after an officer was injured by a knife d

uring a scuffle in the high-tech district of Akihabara, the scene of a recent stabbing frenzy. Police have been on alert following a series of copycat crime threats after a knifing rampage by a 25-year-old man in Akihabara on June 8.

Police in Akihabara, a high-tech and alternative culture district, arrested the man on charges of injuring a police officer and obstructing public duties, a Tokyo police spokesman said. The man has not yet been identified but appeared to be in his early 20s, he said.

Police questioned the man in the street and found a knife in his backpack, the official said. Local reports said the knife had a 7.5 centimeter (three-inch) blade.


      








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