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Teacher held for threatening students
01/29/2008
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Police arrested an elementary school teacher in Tokyo on Monday on suspicion of threatening a group of junior high school students at knifepoint and stealing their trousers and mobile phones.
Takayuki Yamamoto, 25, teaches sixth-graders at an elementary school in Hamura, western Tokyo, police said.
Police said Yamamoto has admitted to the allegations.
According to police, the incident took place at the grounds of an elementary school in Akishima, a city where Yamamoto lives, near Hamura, around 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 20.
Eight first-year male junior high school students were playing at the elementary school. Yamamoto approached them and started yelling, "Why are junior high school students (playing) in an elementary school?"
He then brandished a knife and took them to the eastern side of the school buildings where he ordered them to disrobe.
Police said Yamamoto took the trousers of six of the eight students along with their mobile phones and fled.
One of the students was slightly injured under his jaw when Yamamoto held the knife close to his throat.
After the incident, the teacher made prank calls to the homes of two of the students.
Police were able to track down Yamamoto because he dropped his glasses when he fled.
Yamamoto has not yet talked about the motive.
According to the Hamura city board of education, Yamamoto was employed as an elementary school teacher in April 2004. He has had no problems at the school until now.(IHT/Asahi: January 29,2008)
-taken from Asahi Shimbun
Originally Posted by calltometal
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