Restaurant worker thwarts armed robbery with boiling water
A Tokyo restaurant employee threw boiling water over an armed robber early Monday, forcing him to flee the scene empty-handed, police said.
At about 3:40 a.m. on Monday, a man broke into the Bamiyan restaurant in Itabashi-ku, threatened a 43-year-old female part-timer with a knife and attempted to steal money, local police said.
However, another employee who was in the kitchen filled a bowl with boiling water and threw it over the robber. He fled the scene without stealing anything. more…
