Akihabara maid assaulted!!!
Media outlets are reporting that a maid was assaulted yesterday by a man pretending to be interested in visiting the cafe she worked for. He encountered her near the station, where asked her to guide him to her shop. When they started to climb the stairs to her cafe, he pulled a knife on her and forced his hand up her skirt. The maid screamed for help and the man fled the scene of his crime. The man is described as between 25 and 30 years old, about 160cm tall, and wearing glasses. He is still at large. The above video is from TBS News’ coverage of the incident. Here is a sketch of the suspect:
The TBS news report mentions that security cameras are being used in some cafes to protect maids from such incidents, but there was no camera in the stairwell.
(Japanese news articles on this attack (with video) can be found here and here)
Update: An English news outlet has finally published a story on this.
