The Yomiuri Shimbun
A man was arrested on suspicion of assault after allegedly throwing
a kitchen knife at a 15-year-old girl and her friend from his
apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sunday
evening, the police said.
The third-year middle school student of the city was walking along
the road with her male companion when the knife hit her left hand,
cutting her little finger, according to officers from Amagasaki
Police Station.
Naoyuki Ide, 38, reportedly threw the knife from a second-floor
corridor of the roadside building at about 9:20 p.m.
(Jan. 9, 2007)