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High school staffer arrested over love hotel hamster slaughter

IOL · 01 September 2026 at 10:35

High school staffer arrested over love hotel hamster slaughter

A Japanese high school staffer and two accomplices have been arrested for illegally killing 50 hamsters at local short-stay hotels.

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