TOKYO, Mar 26 (News On Japan) –
A 23-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force member stationed on the Ebino camp was arrested on suspicion of intruding into the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo after allegedly scaling a wall from a neighboring constructing, with investigators suspecting the act was premeditated following the acquisition of a knife the day earlier than.
The suspect, recognized as Kota Murata, was captured on digicam on the Azabu Police Station after his arrest.
According to investigators, Murata informed police that he had scouted the world across the embassy prematurely, saying, “Before the incident, I looked around the embassy and searched for a place where I could enter.”
After getting into the embassy grounds, Murata reportedly encountered embassy employees and demanded to fulfill the ambassador, however was subdued on the spot.
Murata admitted throughout questioning, “It is true that I entered the embassy grounds. Before the incident, I looked around the embassy and searched for a place where I could enter.”
Police consider Murata climbed over the embassy wall from an adjoining constructing to achieve entry. He sustained a number of cuts on his arms, which investigators suspect have been brought on by barbed wire whereas scaling the fence.
Murata additionally informed authorities that he bought a knife at a retail retailer in Tokyo the day earlier than the incident, main the Metropolitan Police Department to deal with the case as a deliberate act whereas persevering with to research his motive intimately.
Source: FNN