TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 34-year-old man over the alleged assault of a blind commuter in Chiyoda Ward final month, reviews Jiji Press (Oct. 11).
At round 5:30 pm on September 3, Ryuichiro Ikeda, a part-time worker, allegedly got here up from behind the blind man, aged in his 50s, and kicked him within the waist space on the platform of Jimbocho Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.
The blind man, aged in his 50s, was not injured within the incident, the Kanda Police Station mentioned.
In line with police, Ikeda was utilizing a multi-purpose bathroom on the platform simply earlier than the incident. At the moment, the suspect heard the blind man’s cane tapping outdoors as he tried to enter the ability himself.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of assault, Ikeda mentioned, “I heard a noise from outdoors and thought he was speeding me to go to the lavatory. So, I received indignant and kicked him. I didn’t know he was blind.”
After the incident, a commotion ensued. Ikeda then hid contained in the close by males’s toilet. He then fled the scene.
The incident was found when the blind man consulted a station worker.
Ikeda emerged as an individual of curiosity within the case after an examination of the station’s safety digicam footage. He was apprehended on October 9.
