OKINAWA (TR) – An unidentified physique was found within the charred stays of a yakuza workplace in Okinawa City early Sunday morning, with police suspecting the sufferer is the top of the Kyokuryu-kai crime syndicate, studies the Okinawa Times (Apr. 19).
At 4:13 a.m., close by residents within the Moromizato district dialed emergency providers to report a hearth at a four-story housing advanced. The blaze utterly gutted the fourth ground of the bolstered concrete constructing earlier than firefighters extinguished it about three hours later at 7:10 a.m.
According to the Okinawa Police Station and the native fireplace division, an unidentifiable physique of unknown gender was discovered within the burned-out ruins. The fireplace didn’t unfold to the decrease three flooring, that are common residential models.
Police revealed that the fourth ground served because the workplace for the Tominaga-ikka, an affiliate gang of the Kyokuryu-kai yakuza syndicate. The area additionally functioned as the private residence of Makoto Itokazu, the septuagenarian chairman of the Kyokuryu-kai, who reportedly lived there alone.
Investigators strongly suspect the deceased is the syndicate boss and are dashing to substantiate the physique’s identification. Authorities are at present conducting a radical investigation into the reason for the blaze, holding the potential for arson and gang-related foul play in thoughts.