A man was assaulted by two men and had a bag containing 5 million yen in cash stolen from him on a street in Osaka on Saturday night.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 11:10 p.m. in Miyakojima Ward about 100 meters northwest of Johoku Koen-dori Station on the JR Osaka Higashi Line. Kyodo News reported that the 24-year-old man, who is from Yokohama, was assailed by two men who beat him with sticks. They stole his bag and got away in a car.
The man called police. He was taken to hospital to be treated for a head wound and a fractured left leg.
Police said the man told them he was on his way to a meeting place to purchase a car from someone he met on social media. He was attacked when he got to the meeting place.
© Japan Today
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