JAKARTA - This is the fate of this 17-year-old teenager. Even though he was enforcing the smoking ban on the train. What he got was a raw bombshell to serious injuries.

Police in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, have arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old boy who asked him to stop smoking on trains as cited from Japan Today, Tuesday, January 25.

The incident occurred aboard a train operating between Suzumenomiya Station and Jichi Medical University on the JR Utsunomiya Line in broad daylight on Sunday, January 23.

Police said Kazuma Miyamoto, a restaurant employee, was smoking an e-cigarette. The boy, a high school student, approached Miyamoto and asked him to stop smoking. At that time, the boy was with four of his classmates.

After he asked the smoker to stop smoking, Miyamoto stood face to face and immediately pushed him back.

Miyamoto then started beating and even kicking the poor boy. Meanwhile, their classmates try to separate them.

When the train arrived at Jichi Medical University Station, Miyamoto didn't stop. He continued molesting on the platform.

Police said the boy suffered serious injuries, including a fracture to his right cheek.

Miyamoto managed to escape from the scene at Jichi Medical University Station by jumping onto a train. However, he was arrested around midnight on Sunday in Utsunomiya.


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