A father entered a Nagoya elementary school classroom without permission last month and assaulted two of his child's classmates, police have confirmed. The man pulled the two children out into the corridor during homeroom, according to the school.
Investigators said the school principal called 110 on the morning of the 30th of last month, reporting that a pupil's father had come into the building and pulled a boy's hair and slapped him. About 30 children and a teacher were in the fifth-grade classroom at the time.
Police are questioning the father. The city board of education said there appears to have been some kind of trouble between the man's child and the two children he assaulted, and that it intends to review safety measures at schools.
Access to the building
The case turns on how an adult with no business at the school reached a classroom during lessons. Japanese elementary schools generally ask visitors to report to the staff room and sign in, but the source gives no detail on how the man got past the entrance or whether anyone challenged him before he reached the fifth-grade room.