Police are searching for a man who forcibly entered a house in the city of Hachioji in Tokyo on Wednesday morning and attacked a woman in her 30s with a knife.
The suspect is described as a man in his 40s to 50s wearing a gray jacket and pants and standing 180 centimeters tall.
When the man broke into the victim¡¯s home in the town of Terada, Hachioji at around 10 a.m., the woman was taking a nap with her infant child. The suspect told her to ¡°bring (her bank) passbook,¡± and injured her arm and fingers with the knife. He then fled the scene with her passbook.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department¡¯s Takao Police Station, the woman was taken to the hospital, but her injuries appear to be minor. Her child is also safe.
The victim said that she ¡°doesn¡¯t know the (attacker).¡±
The Takao Police are investigating the incident as a case of robbery and assault.
During the incident, the victim, with her baby in her bloodied hands, asked for help from a man in his 50s who was taking a walk in the neighborhood, NHK reported.
¡°A woman came running, shouting ¡¯help,¡¯¡± the man reportedly said. ¡°Her hands were covered in blood and she had a pale expression. I saw a man who had been hiding behind a car run away.¡±
The man and the victim then went to a nearby store and made an emergency call to the police.
The incident took place in a residential area located about 2.5 kilometers southeast from JR Takao Station.
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