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Oct 07 2004 2 Comments

Senseless stabbing

A man was fatally stabbed in Osaka last week following an argument with a stranger. But the disagreement wasn’t over a woman, money, or even politics. No, it was over the issue of urinating in public.

The victim, 38-year-old Takayuki Nishio, was drinking in a park with friends after a game of amateur baseball. But the argument started when Yoshio Maeda was walking his dog in the same area, and spotted one member of Nishio’s group relieving himself.

Why Nishio-san was singled out is unknown, but a slanging match broke-out between him and Maeda. All pretty innocent up to now, but following the argument the deranged dog walker went home and picked up a knife. Then promptly returned to the park and stabbed the unfortunate Nishio in the stomach, resulting in his death a few hours later.

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  1. billy says

    10/7/2004 at 9:08 pm

    …wow – the *people for sitting while urinating* party is getting exceedingly proactive :^(…

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  2. Lee says

    10/7/2004 at 11:37 pm

    Indeed. It’s becoming a real force to be reckoned with. People need to, ahem, stand up and be counted.

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