3 wrestlers get suspended terms for fatal hazing of teen stablemate

3 wrestlers get suspended terms for fatal hazing of teen stablemate

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito answers questions from reporters outside the Nagoya District Court on Dec. 18 after the local court sentenced three sumo wrestlers, who were stablemates of his son, Takashi, also a sumo wrestler, to two-and-a-half to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for fatally hazing the 17-year-old last year in Aichi Prefecture.

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