Chinese student arrested over May pepper spray attack in Tokyo

Japanese police arrested a Chinese national on Thursday, suspected of carrying out a pepper spray attack in an upscale Tokyo shopping district in May. The incident occurred at an ATM booth in the Ginza luxury shopping complex, leaving dozens of people with eye and throat irritation. Nearly 30 individuals complained of throat pain and feeling unwell, with 25 of them taken to a hospital with mild symptoms.

Police believe the 24-year-old Chinese student, who resides in Osaka, used pepper spray on a man in his 30s, who stated he did not know the suspect. The attacker has refused to comment on the incident. Police are searching for another man seen in security footage talking with the suspect and then fleeing.