Mother Arrested After 3-Year-Old Child Suffers Broken Bone
Police in Tokyo have arrested a mother. She is in her twenties.
Police say she hurt her three-year-old child. The child is not yet in school.
The child got a broken bone. Police think the mother lifted the child up to shoulder height. Then she may have dropped the child.
Police are still investigating the case. This means they are still checking the facts.
The child welfare center looked at the case before. They did not call it abuse at that time.
The Metropolitan Police Department is handling the case. This is the police for Tokyo.
The mother is suspected of a crime called assault causing injury. This means hurting someone on purpose.
Vocabulary7 words
- arrested
- taken by police because of a crime
- shoulder
- the body part where the arm connects
- investigating
- trying to find out the truth about something
- child welfare center
- a place that helps and checks on children
- abuse
- hurting someone badly, often again and again
- Metropolitan Police Department
- the police group for Tokyo city
- assault causing injury
- a crime of hurting someone on purpose
Quiz
Answer key
1. A mother 2. 3 years old 3. No
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Police in Tokyo have _____ a mother. She is in her _____.
Police say she hurt her three-year-old _____. The child is not yet in school.
The child got a broken _____. Police think the mother lifted the child up to _____ height. Then she may have _____ the child.
Police are still _____ the case.
The child welfare center looked at the case before. They did not call it _____ at that time.
The mother is suspected of a crime called _____ _____ injury.