CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police arrested two Turkish nationals over the alleged sexual assault of a woman in the prefecture last year, reports the Chiba Nippo (Oct. 15).
The suspects, a 45-year-old part-time worker residing in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward and a 43-year-old restaurant employee from Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture, are accused of conspiring to sexually assault and injure the victim early on the morning of August 10, 2025.
According to police, the two men attacked the woman, who is in her 20s and had no prior acquaintance with them, inside a shed in Chiba Prefecture between 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.
During the ordeal, the suspects allegedly subjected her to sexual violence and physical abuse, including strangling her, which resulted in unspecified injuries.
Prefectural police have withheld disclosing whether the suspects admit to or deny allegations of non-consensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury.
Authorities launched an investigation after the victim came forward to file a criminal complaint.