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Two soldiers were killed and one wounded Wednesday in a gunfight at a military firing range in downtown Japansaid the country’s self-defense army.
“During a live ammunition exercise as part of a new personnel training, a Self Defense Forces trainee shot three people.”, indicated in a statement the Ground Self Defense Force.
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The government had previously indicated that three members of the Self Defense Forces (FAD), the country’s army, had been wounded in a shootout at the firing range of hino.
But later the FAD They announced the death of two of the victims, while the third remains injured.
The author of the shots was a member of the FAD who was arrested, added the government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno without giving more details.
Local police told AFP that the shooter was an 18-year-old aspiring to join the military.
He was charged with the attempted murder of a 25-year-old soldier, a police spokesman who asked not to be named told AFP.
He added that the suspectfired a rifle at the victim with the intent to kill”.
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NHK national television reported that the injured man was in his 50s and the two dead were in their 20s.
Aerial footage broadcast by NHK showed military and civilians gathered around a military vehicle as police closed nearby roads.
A local villager told the network that he had seen several emergency vehicles arrive in the area at around 9:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) but had not heard anything before that.
previous incidents
The Hino shooting range is a covered space of more than 65,000 square meters.
violent crime in Japan It’s highly unusual, but several high-profile incidents have rocked the country in the past year.
In July 2022, the former Prime Minister shinzo abe was killed during an election rally by a gunman.
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In April, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida he escaped unharmed after a man threw an explosive device at him at another campaign event.
This incident occurred shortly before the summit of the G7 in hiroshimaand generated calls to intensify security in the country.
Last month, police also arrested a man accused of killing four people, including two officers, in a knife and gun attack in NaganoWest of tokyo.
Source: Elcomercio
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