Gang of four attacks Chinese men near JR Kanda Station
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police are hunting for four men who attacked two male Chinese nationals in Chiyoda Ward on Thursday, reports Fuji News Network (Aug. 1).
At just after 9:00 a.m., the four assailants used metal pipes to attack the pair, both aged in their 30s, as they walked on the sidewalk near JR Kanda Station.
The two victims, who suffered injuries to their faces and other parts of their bodies, were taken a to hospital. Their injuries are not considered life-threatening, police said.
The four then fled the scene in a car with a license plate registered in Osaka Prefecture. The car was later found abandoned in Adachi Ward, about 9 kilometers from the crime scene.
The four assailants were wearing work clothes at the time of the incident. Police are seeking their whereabouts on suspicion of assault.
“Just kept hitting him”
At a little after 10:00 a.m., the rented car pulled into a parking space at an apartment complex in Adachi. It drove forward once, then backed up into the space.
“When I came out, I saw a car I didn’t recognize parked in my spot,” a resident of the building told Nippon News Network (Aug. 1).
About one hour before, the assault near JR Kanda Station took place.
“They were hitting [one of the victims] with a pipe. They were hitting him so hard that even when he managed to get away, the group just kept hitting him with all their might,” a witness said.
Security cameras near the scene captured images of the two men, believed to be the victims, at the time of their incident. Their faces were covered in blood, and one of them was being supported as he walked away.
“I saw them as we passed by and their faces were red,” another witness said. “They were bright red.”
One witness intervened: “I heard loud voices. I looked out the window and saw the fight,” the witness said. “I put on a helmet and tried to stop them. I said, ‘What are you guys doing?’ They were hitting them with an iron pipe, and they stopped once, but then one guy kept hitting them. I told them to stop again, ‘Stop it,’ and then they stopped and ran away.”
Another witness said that it was odd for the perpetrators to be wearing hoodies in this heat, implying that it was an ambush.
“All four of them were wearing hoodies, hoodies, and masks. It seemed like they were lying in wait. They were hitting the victim as a group, with all their might,” the witness said.
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