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Nude photographer arrested for robbing student
September 13, 2004
A man arrested on suspicion of taking nude photographs of a female university
student and robbing her has been referred to prosecutors, police said.
Police sent the man, Kojiro Nakajima, 28, to public prosecutors accusing him of
robbery resulting in injury following the incident, which took place at a hotel
in Tokyo's Shibuya district.
Investigators said three similar incidents involving the same tactics had
occurred in the district, and they are continuing to investigate a possible
connection between them.
Nakajima allegedly used a digital camera to take nude pictures of the victim
against her will on the evening of Sept. 4, hit her when she resisted, and
stole a bag from her along with 6,800 yen in cash.
When he took the student outside and tried to use her cash card to withdraw
money from her bank account, she yelled, "Robber," and a 34-year-old man on the
street apprehended him and held him down until police arrived.
The student suffered facial injuries requiring about a week's treatment.
Nakajima has reportedly refused to speak to investigators.
Police said three other incidents in which female university students were
photographed nude, including two on Sept. 1 and 2, also took place in hotels in
Shibuya.
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