http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20050...dm010001c.html
YOKKAICHI, Mie -- A man dressed in a monkey costume threatened an employee at a local convenience store with a knife in the predawn hours of Tuesday in an unsuccessful robbery attempt, police said.
At around 2:15 a.m., a man wearing a monkey costume sneaked into the Lawson convenience store's Yokkaichi Hinaga-Nishi outlet, threatened a 26-year-old employee with a knife and demanded money, local police said.
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