Chinese Man Arrested After Capsaicin Spray Attack Injures 25 at Tokyo Mall
Police in three countries have arrested or terminated contracts with individuals involved in separate violent incidents: a Chinese man for a capsaicin spray attack that injured 25 people at a Tokyo shopping complex, a Russian teacher for slapping and grabbing students by the neck in a Vietnamese classroom, and a man dressed as a zombie for stabbing two people at an Austin, Texas coffee shop.
Tokyo Shopping Complex Spray Attack
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department arrested 24-year-old Chinese university student Ye Shengfeng for allegedly carrying out a spray attack at the Ginza Six shopping complex. [1] Ye, a resident of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, was taken into custody by officers from the Tsukiji police station on suspicion of spraying a substance containing capsaicin at a man in his 30s on the first floor of the facility around noon on May 25. [1] The attack caused many people to suffer injuries such as eye and throat pain, with 25 people sent to hospital as a result. [1] Ye fled the scene on a subway train after targeting the man at an automated teller machine area. [1] Security camera footage from nearby showed Ye meeting with another man, leading police to suspect the second individual was also involved in the incident. [1] During questioning, Ye has refused to discuss the alleged attack, according to investigative sources. [1]
Russian Teacher's Classroom Assault in Vietnam
In Can Tho, Vietnam, a 35-year-old Russian English teacher slapped two second-graders and grabbed another by the neck, lifting the child off the floor during an English lesson at Viet-Hoa School. [2] The incident occurred around 4 p.m. on Sept. 22 at the school in Cai Rang Ward and was captured on security camera footage. [2] The footage shows two men in the classroom with 36 students present, split into two groups for speaking practice. [2] One man walks between the desks, slaps two students in the front row, pulls a third by the arm, grabs the child by the neck, and lifts the student off the floor to remove them from the room before returning to slap one of the first two students again. [2] School principal Tran Tan Buu identified the man as the Russian teacher and the other as a Vietnamese teaching assistant, neither of whom were on the school’s staff but instead came from an outside center under a partnership contract for the enhanced English program. [2] Buu noted that the teacher had seemed cheerful earlier, with students interacting freely, but turned violent in the final eight minutes of the lesson, and the assistant could not react in time. [2] Because the camera records only images without sound, the school has not determined the exact cause. [2]
Zombie-Costumed Stabbing at Austin Coffee Shop
In Austin, Texas, 20-year-old Shankar Temple Grace, dressed as a zombie, allegedly stabbed two people at The Buzz Mill coffee shop before fleeing in a pickup truck and crashing into an unoccupied robotaxi. [3] The incident unfolded shortly before a local comedy show was scheduled to begin at the establishment. [3] Police responded to reports of a disturbance hot shot inside the business. [3] After the stabbing, Grace sped away in the pickup truck and struck the autonomous vehicle. [3] Officers launched a search and located him on a walking trail roughly three miles from the scene. [3] A witness told police the man was dressed as a zombie with his face covered in makeup. [3] People at the establishment also reported that the man had caused a disturbance at the bar before the stabbing. [3] Grace was booked into the Travis County Jail. [3]
Victim Conditions and Charges
In the Austin incident, first responders found one victim with life-threatening injuries and another with non-life-threatening injuries, with both rushed to a hospital and later reported in stable condition. [3] Grace faces two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony. [3] In the Tokyo case, the capsaicin spray attack sent 25 people to hospital with eye and throat pain. [1] Ye Shengfeng has been arrested on suspicion of the spray attack and remains in custody while refusing to discuss the incident during questioning. [1]
School and Police Investigations
The Viet-Hoa School management apologized to the students and their parents and reported the classroom incident to police for investigation. [2] The English center terminated the Russian teacher’s contract following the event. [2] In Tokyo, police continue to question Ye Shengfeng, who has refused to talk about the alleged attack, while also suspecting another man seen meeting him on security footage of involvement. [1] The Tsukiji police station is handling the case involving the capsaicin substance sprayed at Ginza Six. [1]
What to watch next: Police in Tokyo are continuing to question the arrested suspect and investigate the possible involvement of another man seen on security footage, while authorities in Vietnam pursue their probe into the classroom incident and Austin officials hold the suspect on the aggravated assault charges.
