Name: Saitama News Network 2007-02-20 13:21
SAITAMA -- A man accused of trying to steal a remote controller for Nintendo's popular Wii console at an electronics store here and slaying guards who confronted him faces charges, law enforcers said.
The man, 37-year-old Kazunari Tanaka, was arrested and sent to public prosecutors on suspicion of robbery and manslaughter in the incident, which occurred in Saitama's Nakamura-ku at about 8:25 p.m. on Monday.
Investigators said Tanaka was spotted shoplifting a Wii remote controller and a music CD with a combined price of about 6,900 yen, on the first floor of a Bic Camera store near Saitama Station.
When two guards aged 29 and 22 approached Tanaka, he allegedly assaulted them with the remote controller, leaving them dying with hand and chest fractures. He denied the allegations when questioned by police.
"I had no intention of shoplifting and I wasn't violent," he was quoted as telling investigators.
Police officers arrived at the scene and apprehended Tanaka after a passerby reported that he was in a scuffle with the guards. (Mainichi)
The man, 37-year-old Kazunari Tanaka, was arrested and sent to public prosecutors on suspicion of robbery and manslaughter in the incident, which occurred in Saitama's Nakamura-ku at about 8:25 p.m. on Monday.
Investigators said Tanaka was spotted shoplifting a Wii remote controller and a music CD with a combined price of about 6,900 yen, on the first floor of a Bic Camera store near Saitama Station.
When two guards aged 29 and 22 approached Tanaka, he allegedly assaulted them with the remote controller, leaving them dying with hand and chest fractures. He denied the allegations when questioned by police.
"I had no intention of shoplifting and I wasn't violent," he was quoted as telling investigators.
Police officers arrived at the scene and apprehended Tanaka after a passerby reported that he was in a scuffle with the guards. (Mainichi)