Authorities have urged people to stay indoors after violence broke out in a semi-rural area of central Japan on Thursday afternoon. The slain officers have been identified as 46-year-old Yoshiki Tamai and 61-year-old Takuo Ikechi.
Tokyo: Japanese police on Friday detained a suspect who was hiding in a building after allegedly killing four people, including two police officers, in a deadly attack, an official told AFP. The suspect was taken into custody near the city of Nakano in the Nagano region, after police confirmed the fourth death overnight. The fourth victim, an elderly woman, was found injured at the scene and later succumbed to her injuries.
A police spokesman told AFP that the suspect was detained around 4.30 pm. Significantly, the incident was a rare instance of violent crime in Japan, which has a low murder rate and some of the toughest gun laws in the world. The speaker of the Nakano city assembly said the suspect hid in his father’s house for several hours, Kyodo news agency reported.
He allegedly stabbed the victims with a large knife, before using a hunting rifle to shoot two policemen who were responding to the emergency call. Authorities have urged people to stay indoors after violence broke out in a semi-rural area of central Japan on Thursday afternoon. The slain officers have been identified as 46-year-old Yoshiki Tamai and 61-year-old Takuo Ikechi.
