TOKYO (TR) – Within the hearth bomb assault on the Liberal Democratic Get together (LDP) headquarters and the Prime Minister’s official residence in Chiyoda Ward over the weekend, police now imagine that the suspect additionally unleashed a sprig, studies Kyodo Information (Oct. 21).
At simply earlier than 6:00 a.m. on October 19, Atsunobu Usuda, a 49-year-old resident of Kawaguchi Metropolis, Saitama Prefecture, received out of his white minivan and threw a number of Molotov cocktails on the LDP headquarters. Three riot law enforcement officials suffered minor throat accidents as a result of subsequent hearth from the Molotov cocktails.
Within the newest improvement, police have realized that the suspect additionally sprayed liquid from a high-pressure hose. The Public Safety Bureau is within the means of analyzing the liquid to determine its substances.
The suspect fled from the LDP headquarters in his automotive and crashed it into the safety fence in entrance of the Prime Minister’s official residence. He was arrested on the spot on suspicion of obstruction of the duties of public officers for throwing the fireplace bombs.
The automotive caught hearth. Nearly all of the roughly 20 plastic containers loaded contained in the automotive contained gasoline. It’s doable that he was attempting to ignite them, police stated.
The Public Safety Bureau seized 25 glass bottles, plastic containers, a pc, a pill gadget and different gadgets from the suspect’s house in Kawaguchi. They may analyze the gadgets to find out the suspect’s motive.
