TSU — Police said Monday they have arrested two junior high school boys in Tsu, Mie, for threatening their classmate if he didn't buy birthday cakes. The boy is also believed to have been repeatedly bullied.

Police say the two suspects, both aged 15, together with two other students who have already been arrested in another extortion case, forced their classmate to buy 12 cakes, worth about 13,400 yen to celebrate a birthday.

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