CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police launched an investigation after three intruders broke into a house in Noda City early Wednesday and robbed an aged couple, studies TV Asahi (Feb. 25).
Somewhat after 2:00 a.m., an individual within the residential space of Odonoi alerted police about “an assault with a hammer and a stolen safe.”
According to police, the three intruders broke into the home whereas the couple was sleeping. They then tied up the person, aged in his 80s, and hit him a number of occasions within the head with what seemed to be a crowbar.
They additionally wrapped the lady’s face in a fabric earlier than stealing the secure and fleeing.
The man suffered minor head accidents, police mentioned.
All three males have been wearing all black and had towels wrapped round their mouths.
Police are investigating the incident as a case of theft and assault.
Similar incident
An analogous incident passed off in Kimitsu City the identical prefecture on February 2.
In that case, three males dressed all in black and carrying balaclavas broke into the home, stole a secure containing roughly 2 million yen in money and fled.
“They asked me, ‘Where’s the safe? Give me the money.’ I kept quiet, so they pointed a stun gun at my forehead three times. I was scared. I thought for sure they were going to kill me,” one sufferer mentioned.
Police are investigating whether or not this incident is said to the case in Noda.