Man kicked to death in row over Japan noodle shop seat
Tokyo: A Japanese man who allegedly kicked a fellow diner to death in a fight over seats in a noodle bar calmly returned to his food as the other man lay dying, media reported on Tuesday. Shinichiro Imanishi, 37, was being questioned in connection with the death of a 49-year-old man whom he allegedly threw to the floor and then stamped on repeatedly, a police spokesman told AFP. The trouble erupted when Hisao Kitajima pulled a chair which Imanishi was using to rest his foot on, the spokesman said, adding Kitajima died of his injuries two days later. Imanishi, who weighs 120 kilogrammes, did nothing to help his victim after the frenzied attack in Tokyo, instead ordering a bowl of noodles, local media said. Imanishi, who was arrested shortly after the incident, explained to fellow diners that he might as well eat his meal, reportedly saying: “I will go to jail. This will be my last supper.” (AFP)
Monk posing with iPhone 6 may face disciplinary measures
Bangkok: A monk in Vietnam could face disciplinary measures after photos of him posing with an iPhone 6 were posted on Facebook, a Buddhist leader said on Wednesday.
Thich Thanh Cuong, head of a Buddhist monastery in Hai Duong province, was shown eating in restaurants, wearing civilian clothes and posing with the mobile phone, Bangkok Post reported.
The video clip and photos went viral on the internet, attracting widespread criticism.
The photos have been deleted since.
His actions “violated Buddhist morality and defamed the reputation of The Buddhist Sangha of Hai Duong province and he should receive serious punishment,” Thich Quang Tung, head of the provincial Buddhist Sangha said.
Cuong said the iPhone 6 belonged to a follower who had imported the mobile phones into the country, and had given him one for good luck.
He said he returned the phone after being criticised for the photos.
Tung said the Buddhist Sangha would take measures to deal with the case depending on how repentant Cuong was. (PTI)
Spanish man hospitalised after 12 days in cave
Lima: Spanish speleologist Cecilio Lopez Tercero has been hospitalised in Peru after being rescued from a jungle cave where he was trapped for 12 days.
Lopez, who fell from a height of 400 metres Sep 18, was rescued Tuesday from the cave named Intimachay, meaning ‘Cave of the Sun’ in the local Quechua language, in Peru’s Amazon region.
Lopez spent 90 minutes waiting for a helicopter that would take him to the town of Chachapoyas but the aircraft was delayed due to bad weather.
A Peruvian Air Force plane then flew him from Chachapoyas to Lima, Spanish diplomatic sources told EFE.
Lopez was admitted to the hospital where medical tests were performed to evaluate the severity of the injuries he suffered during his fall.
Over the last week, Lopez received medical aid from a doctor and a nurse in the cave and they administered nutrient-rich food and tranquilizers to alleviate his pain.
Following 12 days of arduous work, Lopez was rescued with the help of 70 Spanish speleologists, experts from Italy, France and Mexico, and dozens of Peruvian soldiers and firemen. (IANS)
American football player Husain Abdullah gets penalty for praying
KANSAS CITY: Kansas City Chiefs player Husain Abdullah was slapped with a 15-yard penalty in Monday’s NFL contest after punctuating a fourth quarter touchdown by dropping to his knees in prayer, the US media reported.
Abdullah, a devout Muslim, slid to his knees after intercepting a Tom Brady pass for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter of the Chiefs 41-14 win over the New England Patriots. He then leaned forward and pressed his forehead against the end zone grass.
It is technically a violation of the National Football League’s “excessive celebration” rules after scores to do what Abdullah did. Whether the penalty was for sliding or the bowing in prayer is unclear. “If I get a pick I am going to prostrate before God in the end zone,” Abdullah told Kansas City Star newspaper. “For me, I just got a little too excited. I think it was for the slide.” Social media was quick to criticize the officials, including Abdullah’s agent CJ LaBoy who indicated that his client was practising the “sajda”, a religious prayer. (AFP)
Trucker demands ransom for chicken load, then leaves it to rot
SALMON (Idaho): Authorities in Idaho are seeking a truck driver who held 37,000 pounds of frozen chicken for ransom demanding money for expenses before he let it rot at a truck stop in Montana where it is releasing putrid odors and liquids, police said on Thursday.
The refrigerated semi-trailer containing the chicken was to arrive in Washington state last month. The shipment was arranged by an Idaho trucking firm that got into a dispute with its driver, who tried to extort money to deliver the load before abandoning it, said Joe Ramirez, detective sergeant with the police department in Nampa, Idaho.
Noxious fumes and juices oozing from the semi-trailer — detached from the tractor being sought as a stolen vehicle — were reported to authorities in Missoula earlier this week during a warming trend in which temperatures climbed into the 80s. An inspection of the trailer by the Missoula city-county health department revealed “it was a little smelly,” but the chicken was not a hazard since no one was seeking to salvage it for food, said Alisha Johnson, an environmental health specialist with the agency.
The load, once valued at $80,000, could be towed to a landfill for disposal as early as Friday, she said.
It was unclear how long the chicken was parked at the truck stop west of Missoula before the driver flew the coop. Dixie River Freight in Nampa reported the rig missing on Aug. 27 and stolen in early September when the driver went “totally off the radar” after repeatedly demanding his employers transfer funds into his account to pay for fuel and other transport costs, Ramirez said. (Reuters)
Washington state teen calls police to break up his own party
SEATTLE: A Washington state teenager who threw a party rife with underage drinking and drug use while his parents were away called police to intervene after a rowdy throng busted a neighbors fence and fights broke out, local media said on Wednesday.
The 16-year-old, whose parents were in Portland, called the authorities to break up his own bash after scores of revelers descended on the home on Saturday night in Puyallup, south of Seattle, local station KOMO-TV reported.
Before they entered the residence, members of Pierce County’s multiple agency “Party Intervention Patrol” heard glass break and a fight erupt, and they later seized a set of brass knuckles from one partygoer.
The boy asked police for help after “as many as two dozen kids escaped from the home, broke down his parents’ back fence as they stampeded across a neighbor’s yard, and sprinted into a nearby forested area,” Pierce County said in a statement. Bonney Lake Police spokesman Rob Hoag supervised the party patrol which visited the home that night. “It was not their first rodeo,” he said, referring to some of the troublemakers, who he said had prior arrests. “It’s easy to spread the word on Facebook and Twitter.” Police arrested 27 people aged 15 to 20 for possessing alcohol, and an 18-year-old with an outstanding warrant for driving under the influence, the county said. It described the party as “huge,” with dozens of cars outside and beer and liquor bottles strewn around the house, which also had “a strong odor of marijuana,” the statement said. (IANS)