Police in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, have arrested a 28-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of assaulting the 5-year-old son of his girlfriend.
According to police, Taiga Horiuchi is accused of assaulting the boy at a restaurant shortly after 7 p.m. on Friday, TBS reported. Police said he grabbed the boy by his chin and head, then tightly pinched his nose.
A witness in the restaurant called 110 and said that “a man is being violent towards a child.”
At the time, the boy’s mother was also present. Police said they are questioning her about whether Horiuchi has assaulted her son before.
© Japan Today
