Kyodo/Japan Times wrote:German escapes police in Miyagi, put on wanted list
A 25-year-old German man was put on the nationwide wanted list Thursday after escaping from the Miyagi Prefectural Police.
The police identified him as Petro Vladimirovic Shchus, a self-described student with no permanent address. He broke out of the Sendai Central Police Station in Aoba Ward on Wednesday, they said.
The man allegedly escaped from the interrogation room on the fourth floor of the police station at around 4:10 p.m. after loosening a rope that had bound him at the waist while one of the officers in charge of the case had left his seat.
The suspect then allegedly “attacked” another officer attending the interrogation by pushing his arm away to get out of the room. A civilian interpreter was also present at the interrogation.
The man was not wearing handcuffs during the questioning. The door to the room had been left open.
It was unclear how he got from the fourth floor to the outside.
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