This is a breaking news update.
Early this morning, a man was assaulted by five to six men in their teens to twenties on a sidewalk in Higashi Ward, Sapporo, and had cash stolen from him in a robbery incident.
The men are still at large.
The robbery occurred on the sidewalk at Kita 43 Jo Higashi 16 Chome, Higashi Ward, Sapporo.
Around 1:15 a.m., five to six men in their teens to twenties assaulted a 31-year-old man they did not know by punching and kicking him, threatening him with statements like, « Which is better: being killed or paying up? » and stole 1,000 yen in cash before fleeing.
The man was not injured.
According to police, one of the men had blond hair and was wearing a white jacket.
Police are tracking the fleeing men as part of a robbery investigation.
