Man Shot
as Karaoke Song Triggers Instant Hit
Tokyo - There was a whole new meaning given to the term hit song
on Thursday when a middle-aged Japanese carpenter was arrested
for allegedly shooting his drinking buddy in an argument over
a karaoke song.
Police in Yokohama arrested Shigeru Yoshida, 51, and found
a revolver in bushes near his house, a police spokesman said.
"He admitted the shooting," spokesman Fujiyasu Otaka
told AFP.
Yoshida and 53-year-old taxi driver Genshou Shimajiri were
drinking at a karaoke bar in Yokohama late on Wednesday and started
fighting over who would sing the next song, the spokesman said.
"Yoshida and Shimajiri are drinking friends. They got
into a fight over who got to sing a karaoke song," he said.
"At the bar, Shimajiri hit Yoshida with a beer bottle,
injuring his head really badly."
Yoshida then summoned his drinking mate outside the bar to
a nearby parking lot and shot him several times, the spokesman
said.
"Shimajiri did not think the fight was still on when he
was called outside," he said.
The taxi driver was seriously injured with wounds to his abdomen
and right arm and would need to be hospitalized for three to six
months, the spokesman said.
"We are investigating the case, including how Yoshida
obtained the gun," he added.
Karaoke in Asia's late-night bars appears to be becoming an
increasingly risky business.
A Thai policeman last June confessed to shooting one man and
attempting to kill another in a Bangkok bar because they booed
when he got up to sing the same number for a third time. - Sapa-AFP
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