Raw fish media revealed that the police found gunpowder in the house of a man who threw smoke grenades at the Prime Minister of Japan. Motivation has not yet been disclosed.
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on Monday (April 17) that police had found gunpowder suspected in the home of the man suspected of throwing a smoke grenade at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Japan As he went to the election campaign site in Wakayama Prefecture port city in the western part of the country On Saturday (April 15) until causing a stir around But fortunately, Mr. Kishida was not harmed. The smoke bomb thrower was immediately arrested by the police.
Police spent more than eight hours Sunday raiding the home of 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura, the man suspected of throwing a smoke bomb at Prime Minister Kishida. in Wakayama Prefecture People living in the neighborhood were also temporarily evacuated from the area. due to fear of the threat of explosives Police in Wakayama Prefecture declined to comment on the report.
National broadcaster NHK said it had found suspicious gunpowder. including pipe-like objects and tools in the suspect’s home and investigators now believe the explosives thrown in the terror were man-made bombs.
Police are also investigating Kimura’s phone and computer to unlock the key to the attack. While the suspect has refused to reveal details of the motive for this crime.
NHK television station also reported that Mr. Kimura has been taken from the local police station to the Wakaya Prosecutor’s Office. Along with publishing images of Mr. Kimura sitting in the back seat of a moving police car. At this time, Kimura is still under arrest for obstructing officials’ duties.
The terror attack came less than a year after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. That shocked the country and forced the Japanese government to overhaul the security system for government officials. And it comes as Japan hosts a meeting of energy ministers from the Group of Seven Leading Industrialized Countries (G7) in Sapporo. And it happened before the G7 foreign ministers. will come to gather together in Karuizawa one day
Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno It said on Monday that the Royal Thai Police had ordered police officers across the country to immediately tighten security on patrols and patrols. Including at the G7 summit that will take place in Hiroshima soon as well
