On the 2nd, at a nursery school in Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture, a rope was entangled in the neck of a 3-year-old boy who was playing in the playground. Police found that the rope that was used as the playground equipment was not always installed.
The police are investigating the situation at the scene in detail and listening to the nursery school. The rope was yellow and black striped and stretched from a wooden deck that was set up on a pile of earth in a corner of the garden.