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2015 November 4 - 10 [US FORCES]

US marine in Okinawa arrested for assaulting woman

Okinawa Police on November 4 arrested a U.S. marine assigned to Camp Foster for allegedly beating a local woman in the parking lot of a supermarket in Chatan Town.

According to the police, at around midnight on July 30, the 21-year-old private first class punched the woman in the face several times.

The suspect has been under indictment for a robbery resulting in bodily injury which he committed in August in Uruma City.