Japanese dad ditches 7-year-old for hours to climb Mt Fuji
Asia-Pacific2 sources2 countries🔦 Under-reported39m ago
A man left his seven-year-old son unattended on Mount Fuji for several hours on Thursday while he continued hiking to higher elevations with his older child. The boy was discovered alone on a hiking route and subsequently taken into police custody by authorities in the Shizuoka region.
Following the incident, local police issued a stern warning to the father regarding the abandonment. The child had been left to wait at the mountain's sixth station, located at an altitude exceeding 2,000 meters, before being located by officials.
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Vanguard (NG)Focuses on the child being found alone and police intervention
Free Malaysia Today (MY)Emphasizes the specific altitude and the father's continued hike
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