4 Arrests Following Shibuya Halloween Chaos | JAPAN Forward

The Shibuya Police Department on Wednesday, December 5, arrested four men allegedly connected to the raucous affair during a Halloween celebration, where a truck was overturned. The suspects were narrowed down using footage from security cameras and videos taken by onlookers. Thousands of people were at the scene when the incident happened on October 28. The men arrested were a company employee (age 20), a choreographer (age 27), an architect (age 22), and a hairdresser (age 20), who all admitted to the charges of collective damage to property. Fifteen people were identified in the footage, but the four men in question were arrested because they were seen standing on the vehicle and damaging it. The police are hearing the testimonies of 11 other suspects, some of whom are French, Belgian, and British. They are between 10 and 30 years old. The police said they planned to refer these people to the prosecutor. The four suspects reportedly said they did what what they “in
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