YOKOHAMA -- A police officer who hit a high school student in the face after they got into an argument over a gun-shaped lighter that the teen was pointing at passengers on a train has been arrested, law enforcers said.
Arrested was Kanagawa Prefectural Police senior officer Yoshihiro Koiso, 33, a member of Yamato Police Station.
Police said the officer hit the 16-year-old several times in the face on a street in Asahi-ku, Yokohama, leaving him with light injuries. Another officer who arrived at the scene soon after the incident, which occurred at about 10:50 p.m. on Tuesday, arrested Koiso on suspicion of injuring the student.
Officials said the teenager had been pointing a gun-shaped lighter at passengers on a train, and after getting off the train, Koiso warned the student, sparking an argument.
(Mainichi)
September 5, 2007
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