Video posted on Instagram shows 9 boys repeatedly kicking and punching the other two first-year students in the head, back and groin area
Posts tagged as “assault”
DNA analysis of sweat left at the crime scene proved to be a match for the suspect, police said
Victim met the assailant on a smartphone dating site, police said
Security camera footage showed the suspect following the victim for 30 minutes, police said
Suspect denies the allegations, telling police, 'I do not at all recall'
Tomoaki Hashizume denies the allegations, telling police he 'was drunk' and does 'not recall' the matter
Incident is a case of bullying, the school said
Suspect allegedly beat the girl in the forehead with the retractable baton after they both exited a bus in front of JR Utsunomiya Station
Girl was temporarily taken into protective custody after she complained of abuse by her father in 2017