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| U.S. military children arrested in Japan |
| 2009-12-07 |
| Four American teenagers, all children of U.S. military personnel, have been arrested on charges of attempted murder after a woman was knocked off her motorbike with rope strung across two poles, Japanese police said. An 18-year-old man, a 17-year-old girl and two 15-year-old boys were taken into custody on Saturday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said. They are accused of causing a severe head injury to a 23-year-old restaurant employee by stringing a rope between poles across a road. U.S. Forces Japan was informed of the August incident in late October, a public information officer said. There was no clear explanation for the delay in the handover of the suspects to police, other than it involved rules between Washington and Tokyo covering U.S. forces and their dependents in Japan. The U.S. military presence and impact on Japanese residents have been a thorny issue over the years. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #3 "Military brats" are always problematic, and they are often first to admit it. Frequently relocating, often in foreign cultures, and enduring much boredom, it is easy to fall prey to bad habits and mischief. The quality of school varies wildly, and any friend they make will be gone as soon as any of their military tours are up. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-12-07 13:18 |
| #2 It seems not long ago some idiot military child threw a cinderblock off a German overpass. Do we have to restrict military families from going overseas? Does this stuff happen here and we just don't hear about it because of all of the other 'noise' going on? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-12-07 10:28 |
| #1 If the resturant worker survives, mandetory Yubitsume for all involved please. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-07 07:24 |