Several youths had
besieged a small truck, causing it to
overturn, The Japan Times reported. Some were riding on the rear deck in a
shopping centre near JR Shibuya Station around 1:00am on Sunday (October 28).
For some at Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, Halloween festivities swiftly went south when it ended in the arrests of five people for alleged groping offences over the weekend.
Several youths had besieged a small truck, causing it to overturn, The Japan Times reported. Some were riding on the rear deck in a shopping centre near JR Shibuya Station around 1:00am on Sunday (October 28).
Video footage posted on Twitter showed two people were shown standing on the overturned vehicles, dancing and shouting.
Five people were arrested on suspicion of groping women and attempting to take photos and videos up their skirts, police said.
Police officers as well as “DJ police” had been deployed to control the crowd, particularly at the famous crossing outside Shibuya Station.
In recent years, festivities have taken root in Shibuya on the weekend ahead of the Halloween holidays. And although at times wild, no injuries have been reported so far in connection with the events.