The 86-year-old reportedly set his home on fire, shot into a hospital and then took hostages inside a post office.
Suspect Tsuneo Suzuki, who barricaded himself in a post office, is transferred by a police vehicle in Warabi city, Saitama prefecture, Japan on Oct 31, 2023. Two people were wounded at the hospital in Saitama, outside Tokyo, while the two hostages were unharmed after an eight-hour ordeal at the hands of the irate and armed pensioner on Tuesday.
Police officers investigate a hospital where a shooting incident occurred in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan on Oct 31, 2023. The eight-hour post office showdown lasted until after 10pm, with live television pictures showing the building surrounded by police cars with flashing lights. Police officers take cover behind cars outside the post office where a suspected gunman has taken people hostage after injuring two at a hospital, in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan on Oct 31, 2023.
"I have never seen a gun or anything dangerous inside his room," the Asahi Shimbun quoted one unnamed friend as saying.
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