Suspect at large after attacking boy, spraying 3 police officers in Tokyo
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A witness who saw the incident in a residential area made an emergency call, reporting that a man carrying a hammer was attacking someone.
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TOKYO – A man who barricaded himself inside his home in Tokyo after allegedly striking a high school student on the head with a hammer and spraying an unknown substance at multiple police officers was no longer inside the residence once officers entered on April 29, police said.
The incident occurred at around 7.20am on a street in Fussa, a suburban area in western Tokyo. The man, believed to be in his 40s, then barricaded himself inside the home. Police have launched a search for the man.
According to the local police, the boy and three of the six police officers who rushed to the scene were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A witness who saw the incident in a residential area near JR Fussa Station made an emergency call, reporting that a man carrying a hammer was attacking someone.
The police said the officers were threatened by the man with a knife he had brought from home while they were speaking with his mother at the scene.
According to the police, the man sprayed an unknown substance at officers who were trying to arrest him on suspicion of obstructing their duties. KYODO NEWS
