(AFP) – Sep 30, 2009
TOKYO — A would-be Japanese robber armed with a wooden stick was arrested after being confronted by an angry shopkeeper, apologising and calling the police to confess his crime, an official said Wednesday.
Takashi Owada, a 54-year-old unemployed man, demanded money from the 59-year-old female cashier at a convenience store in the northern city of Fukushima on Tuesday, according to a local police spokesman.
But she told him, "Don't be silly!", Owada immediately changed his mind and said: "I'm sorry."
He called the police at the store exit with his own mobile telephone and was arrested within minutes on the spot for attempted robbery.
Japan has a strict control on firearms and most gun violence is linked to gangs.
Even so police do not recommend scolding robbers, the spokesman said.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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