Osaka: Boy tried to steal gun from cop ‘to commit suicide’
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on April 10, 2021
OSAKA (TR) – A boy attempted to steal a gun from a police officer in Higashiosaka City last month in order to take his life, investigative sources have revealed, reports the
Sankei Shimbun (April 9).
On Friday, prosecutors referred the boy, 18, to a family court on suspicion of attempted murder and robbery.
At around 4:35 p.m. on March 20, the boy, then a high school student, arrived at a
koban police box for the Kawachi Police Station.
He then pulled a knife with a 13-centimeter-long blade in front of an assistant inspector and attempted to take his revolver.