Man Arrested for Attempting to Rob Convenience Store Right Beside Police Station

There was quite a spectacle in Oita Prefecture yesterday afternoon when an 18-year-old lad, armed with a knife, tried to rob a convenience store right next to a police station. The youngster threatened the store clerk and demanded money, but the shocked clerk bolted out of there. Not surprisingly, the would-be robber didn't get far, as patrolling officers nabbed him right away.

Folks online are having a field day with this bungled heist, with some saying, "This sounds like a scene from a comedy sketch."

It's worth noting that in modern Japan, robbery cases have significantly dropped to about 1,000 per year. But trying to pull off a robbery next to a police box in broad daylight? That's got to be a first, eh?

Japanese (日本語)

交番こうばん横よこのコンビニで強盗ごうとうしようとした男おとこが逮捕たいほ

警察けいさつによると、昨日きのうの昼ひる間ま、大分県おおいたけんの交番こうばん横よこのコンビニで刃物はものを持もった１８歳さいの男おとこが立たち寄より、店員てんいんに対たいし「金かねを出だせ」と脅おどしたとのこと。店員てんいんは驚おどろいてその場ばから逃にげ出だし、男おとこはパトロール中ちゅうの警官けいかんに現行犯げんこうはん逮捕たいほされた。

ネット上じょうではこの馬鹿ばかな強盗ごうとうに対たいし、「コントに出でてきそうな話はなし」などと話題わだいが上あがっています。

現代げんだいの日本にほんで強盗ごうとう事件じけんが起おこるのは年間ねんかん1000件けん程度ていどとかなり少すくなくなってきましたが、昼間ひるまに交番こうばん横よこで強盗ごうとうしようとしたのは彼かれだけでしょうね。

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