Sumo stars admit to bullying dead wrestler

[Coventina]

Source: The Telegraph

Takashi Saito was 17 when he was admitted to a hospital in Nagoya in June of last year with what his stablemaster, Tokitsukaze, claimed was a training accident.

Wrestling as Tokitaizan, the boy died and an autopsy subsequently showed that his injuries were not consistent with an accident. The autopsy revealed he had died of shock brought on by multiple trauma.

Tokitsukaze and three wrestlers were arrested in February after police learned that Saito had tried to run away from the stable because he found the systematic hazing and physical demands of the training too tough.

Caught by his fellow "rikishi," he was taken before the stablemaster and beaten around the head with a beer bottle. He then ordered the other wrestlers to continue the assault and used a metal baseball bat on Saito.



Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/3151656/Sumo-stars-admit-to-bullying-dead-wrestler.html

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What a horrifying story!!

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[WriteDown]

1. Ugh....

Old style Japanese discipline is frightening.

[Lance_Boyle]

2. OK, beating with bats and bottles is not "bullying."

I expect Japan will need a few very large prison cells to deal with this. Or some extra-extra-extra long blades for the ritual seppuku.