A man who slashed two teenage singers in the popular Japanese female pop group AKB48 last year was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison, a news report said.
Satoru Umeta pleaded guilty to attacking the 18- and 19-year-old women with a saw at a fan event in May in northeast Japan. A male staffer who tried to protect them was also injured.
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The presiding judge in Morioka District Court said the 24-year-old Umeta attacked them because he was frustrated over not being able to find a job, Kyodo news service reported.
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