Pinay set on fire in
Japan restaurant
TOKYO
– A man set a woman on fire following an argument in a restaurant in Japan,
local media reported yesterday, in a rare act of violence in the country.
The
52-year-old Iranian man was seen pouring liquid over his 36-year-old Filipina
girlfriend before setting her alight at the eatery in Ibaraki prefecture, north
of Tokyo, on Friday, reports cited police as saying.
Workers
at the restaurant called an ambulance, saying: “People are burning.”
The
couple was taken to hospital with severe burns and both remain unconscious,
public broadcaster NHK said.
There
were several customers inside the restaurant at the time of the incident, but
no one else was injured, the reports said.
Police
are treating the case as attempted murder.
The
man and woman had been advised by police to stay away from each other following
a dispute involving their child, Kyodo News
reported. – AFP
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