Break-in at elementary school in Tachikawa, Tokyo: Troubles over bullying may be behind the incident

In connection with the incident in which two men broke into the Third Municipal Elementary School in Nishikicho 3, Tachikawa City, Tokyo, and assaulted five teachers and staff members, it was revealed through interviews with people involved that a parent had complained to the school about bullying suffered by a child enrolled at the school. The man in his 40s who was arrested on suspicion of assault is an acquaintance of the child's mother in he…