TOCHIGI (TR) – Tochigi Prefectural Police are seeking a man who slashed a high school girl at a public toilet in Utsunomiya City on Thursday, reports TBS News (Sept. 17).
At around 8:20 a.m., the girl, 16, exited the public toilet at the West Exit of JR Okamoto Station. “I’ll kill you, hand over the money,” the perpetrator said while wielding a knife.
When she refused, he slashed her in the right finger before fleeing. The girl was treated at a hospital for an injury considered minor, police said.
In security camera footage, the perpetrator can be seen running over a
distance of several hundred meters from the station.
Believed to be in his 20s or 30s, he has a slim build and stands about 170 centimeters tall, police said.