Densha Otoko wannabes kill middle-aged pedophile

OSAKA -- A middle-aged man died after being overpowered by train passengers at a station here for molesting a girl on a train on Tuesday morning, police said.

Local police are questioning the passengers who captured the man over details about the incident, and are trying to identify the man believed to be a 40-year-old company employee from Nishi-ku, Osaka.

The incident occurred at around 7:30 a.m. at JR Tennoji Station in Tennoji-ku, Osaka.

A 20-year-old junior college student grabbed a man by the shoulder shortly after the Hanwa Line rapid service train they were riding in stopped at the station, accusing him of molesting her, investigators said.

After the man began to run away, four male passengers, including two police officers who were on their way to work, chased him for some 50 meters before tackling him on the platform. He fell unconscious shortly afterwards, and later died.