Reality isn’t quite so funny:
Samurai sword attacks are on the rise in Cambodia, police said yesterday after two Turkish tourists were rescued but seriously wounded by a Samurai sword-wielding gang near the city’s Royal Palace.
…a police patrol spotted the terrified and bleeding tourists runing at about midnight on February 10, hotly persued by a gang of around seven men with the Japanese-style swords.
"The tourists sustained quite serious injuries to many parts of their bodies, especially their arms…[said Police chief Phan Pheng]
"It isn’t just this district which has problems with Samurai swords. Many gangs in the city use them…"
(From "Samurai sword attacks on the rise" in the Feb 14th edition of The Nation. Sorry, no link is available.)
It’s all good, clean fun until somebody loses an eye or something.
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