Crime Man arrested after robbery attempt at Tokyo bank

Mizuho Bank in Kameido - photo credit: Kyodo​

Kazuto Inaba, a resident of Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, was arrested red-handed shortly after noon and has already confessed to the crime, citing financial difficulties. There were other customers at the branch but no one was injured. "I was paying off my debts by borrowing money in advance from my salary, but it wasn't working, so I robbed the bank," Inaba was quoted as saying by police. Someone who was present at the branch, located near the JR Kameido Station, called the police after Inaba threatened a male desk clerk in his 60s with a gun-like object, telling him to "get me ¥500 million."

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Man arrested after robbery attempt at Mizuho Tokyo bank branch

The 57-year-old suspect threatened a desk clerk with a gun-like object, and demanded ¥500 million from him.

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thomas said:

Half a billion yen in debt? Gambling?

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