‘Gunpowder’ found at home of suspect in PM Kishida’s attack FMTNews FMTWorld
TOKYO: Suspected gunpowder has been found at the home of a man accused of throwing an explosive at Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event, local media said today.
Police spent over eight hours yesterday searching the home of the man, who has been named as 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura, and local residents were temporarily evacuated over the threat of explosives.National broadcaster NHK said suspected gunpowder, as well as pipe-like objects and tools were found at the home, and investigators now believe the explosive thrown at the event was homemade.
He was transferred today to the Wakayama prosecutors’ office from a local police station, local media reported. The prosecutors’ office declined to comment. And it happened as climate and energy ministers from the Group of Seven countries met in the northern city of Sapporo, and a day before the bloc’s foreign ministers arrived in the resort town of Karuizawa for talks.
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