Firefighters stand close to the world round a publish workplace in Warabi metropolis, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, October 31, 2023. /CFP
Police ended an eight-hour standoff at a publish workplace north of Tokyo by arresting the armed suspect after two hostages have been freed safely in an assault authorities mentioned may very well be associated to an earlier taking pictures at a hospital.
The man had entered the publish workplace with a gun in Warabi on Tuesday, about an hour after the hospital taking pictures during which two folks have been wounded within the close by metropolis of Toda.
Footage on NHK tv confirmed an older man sitting between two law enforcement officials within the again seat of a police automotive that drove previous reporters and headed to a neighborhood police station.
Police mentioned they captured the suspect after they stormed into the constructing about an hour after the second of the 2 postal employees who remained within the constructing had escaped unharmed. The different hostage had walked out safely almost two hours earlier, in accordance with NHK stories.
Police mentioned they have been investigating the hospital and publish workplace assaults collectively as a result of they may very well be associated. They are additionally trying into a fireplace in a constructing the place the suspect reportedly lived.
Police recognized the suspect as Tsuneo Suzuki, an 86-year-old resident of Toda, and arrested him on suspicion of compulsion and taking hostages, a criminal offense that carries a punishment of as much as 10 years in jail.
Suzuki allegedly entered the publish workplace and took two feminine employees of their 20s and 30s at gunpoint whereas demanding police officers prepare a gathering with an unidentified individual, police mentioned, with out giving particulars, together with who he was demanding to fulfill. Police earlier refused to substantiate hostage particulars on grounds of making certain their security.
Hundreds of police had surrounded the constructing housing the publish workplace. Television footage confirmed officers carrying helmets and bulletproof vests squatting behind the doorways of a patrol automobile parked exterior.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Saitama Prefectural Police mentioned two males, a health care provider in his 40s and a affected person in his 60s, have been wounded as obvious gunfire was heard exterior a hospital in Toda.Â
The victims are each acutely aware, and their wounds aren’t life-threatening, in accordance with the police.Â
(With enter from AP)
Source: CGTN