Overview
- Tochigi Prefectural Police sent a male student to the Utsunomiya District Public Prosecutors Office over an alleged assault on a classmate.
- Authorities say the student is suspected of punching and kicking the victim, resulting in injury inside a school restroom.
- The prefectural board of education says the incident occurred on December 19 after cleaning at a Tochigi prefectural high school.
- A video posted around the night of January 4 spread on social media and depicts the victim surrounded by several people during a one-sided attack.
- The school designated the case a serious bullying incident, and a prefectural response team is reviewing the episode and the school's response.