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Four Teenagers Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Ketchup at a Passerby After Shoplifting (Kyodo News)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Juvenile Affairs Division arrested a 17-year-old unemployed boy from Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, and three male high school freshmen aged 15-16 on suspicion of theft and assault by the 24th, after they allegedly smeared ketchup they had shoplifted on passersby and threw it in their faces. According to the division, the boy admitted to the charges, saying, "I was like a random attacker, hitting about 10 peop…
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Juvenile Affairs Division arrested a 17-year-old unemployed boy from Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, and three male high school freshmen aged 15-16 on suspicion of theft and assault by the 24th, after they allegedly smeared ketchup they had shoplifted on passersby and threw it in their faces. According to the division, the boy admitted to the charges, saying, "I was like a random attacker, hitting about 10 peop…

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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