Japan Deploys 4,000 Police to Locate Rape Suspect, NHK Reports
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Japan police deployed about 4,000 officers to locate a rape and robbery suspect, who escaped during questioning at a prosecutors’ office near Tokyo yesterday, public broadcaster NHK reported, without attribution.
Police also mobilized 900 vehicles and two helicopters to search for the 20-year-old suspect, according to NHK. The man was arrested on Jan. 6 on suspicion of raping a woman and robbing her of 150,000 yen ($1,430) in cash last week in Kawasaki city, Kanagawa prefecture, NHK said.