Well, it seems that the last Samurai was not Tom Cruise - UK Police are hunting for a mystery Samurai swordsman who came to the aid of two unarmed policemen in South Shields, Tyneside after they tackled a vicious gang. The officers had gone to help a woman after hearing her screams. The gang, armed with a hammer, knives and a metal chain, had violently broken into her flat.

The mystery swordsman appeared out of nowhere after one of the plain-clothed detectives was assaulted with a knife; the knife-wielding suspect only managed to cut the policeman’s clothes. The swordsman attacked the man with the knife and then turned on one suspect who was running away, hitting his arm with the sword. The mystery swordsman then disappeared from the scene.

1. Read the Full article here at bbc.co.uk
2. Read the Journal Live Report - Samurai swordsman halts raid then vanishes
3. Read the UK Mirror Report - Samurai Rescues Officers

In another Samurai swordsman crime scene, a tenant of an apartment in Dallas, Fort Worth protected himself and his visitor with a Samurai sword and 10-inch knives when two armed criminals entered his apartment after dragging the tenant’s visitor inside.

The four were seriously injured after conducting a fight with guns, knives and the sword. One suspect criminal escaped and one suspect was seriously injured and is now lying in hospital. The nabbed suspect received severe lacerations to the neck and upper body and it was reported that he may not live to face charges. It was not reported whether the tenant or victims would survive their wounds.

See the report here: Man Uses Samurai Sword to Foil Robbery