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2 die after man attacks police box in central Japan
TOKYO, June 26, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – A man stabbed a police officer to death
and left with the officer’s gun in central Japan’s Toyama City on Tuesday,
local media reported.
After stabbing the policeman, the assailant fatally shot a man nearby with
the police officer’s gun, local authorities said.
The suspect was shot by another police officer who rushed to attend the
scene, local police said.
The assailant was seriously injured after being shot.
Japan’s top government spokesperson Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga
said in Tokyo that two people were killed in the attack.
It was later announced by a government official that those who were killed
were the police officer who was stabbed and a nearby security guard, who was
shot by the suspect near a school in the area.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1436 hrs