TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo police stated on Saturday that they had arrested a 49-year-old man who threw what seemed to be Molotov cocktails on the headquarters of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Celebration (LDP) earlier within the day.
He additionally crashed his van into the safety fence exterior the prime minister’s workplace, which is near the LDP headquarters located in Nagatacho, and threw what seemed to be a smoke bomb at law enforcement officials, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Division stated.
The person, recognized as Atsunobu Usuda, was arrested on the scene for obstruction of official duties, the spokesperson stated.
The incident came about amid the campaigning for a basic election that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has known as on Oct. 27.
Japanese media reported there have been no accidents within the incident, which came about earlier than 6 a.m. native time (2100 GMT Friday).
Tv footage confirmed a couple of dozen plastic containers in his car.
Native media quoted Ishiba as saying democracy ought to by no means give in to violence. He was in Kagoshima in southern Japan on Saturday.
LDP Secretary Common Hiroshi Moriyama stated the celebration will proceed campaigning as scheduled, in line with native media.
