TOKYO — A man was arrested in Tokyo after throwing several suspected gas bombs at the headquarters of Japan's ruling party on Saturday morning, Japanese media said, just over a week before the country holds a general election.
TOKYO — A man was arrested in Tokyo after throwing several suspected gas bombs at the headquarters of Japan's ruling party on Saturday morning, Japanese media said, just over a week before the country holds a general election.The Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, said the five or six Molotov cocktail-like objects hit a riot police vehicle, but the fire was soon extinguished and no one was injured. Police were unable to immediately confirm the reports to Agence France-Presse .
Several plastic tanks were found in the man's small white car, said the Asahi Shimbun daily and other media outlets.Images from the aftermath of the incident showed a dark blue riot police van whose front panel had been burned away, as firefighters and police officers gathered at the scene.Japan will hold a general election on October 27 in a test for new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who took office after winning the LDP's leadership vote last month.
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