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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Teacher arrested after bleach added to school lunch curry

The municipal Mizutani-Higashi Elementary School is seen in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

SAITAMA -- A 24-year-old elementary school teacher was arrested Friday for allegedly putting bleach in the curry to be served to children for lunch at a school in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, according to local police.

The Saitama prefectural police arrested Ayana Hanzawa, who works at Mizutani-Higashi Elementary School, on suspicion of having obstructed business operations. Students noticed a strange odor before serving the curry and did not eat it, the police said.

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