Japan police detain 86-year-old suspected gunman who had barricaded himself in post office with hostages
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By Akanksha Sharma, Junko Ogura and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese police on Tuesday arrested an 86-year-old suspected gunman who had barricaded himself in a post office with two hostages after injuring two people at a hospital earlier in the day.
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A suspected gunman has been arrested after a shooting at a hospital and a hostage situation at a post office in Warabi City near Tokyo. The incident came as police probed a shooting at a hospital earlier in the day.
Japanese authorities say a suspected gunman has taken an unknown number of people hostage at a post office in Warabi City near Tokyo. The incident came as police probed a shooting in the same region earlier in the day.
Japanese police on Tuesday arrested an elderly man who barricaded himself in a post office and kept hostages at gunpoint for several hours after he shot two people at a nearby hospital.
TOKYO >> Police in Japan ended an eight-hour standoff with a gunman at a post office Tuesday by arresting the suspect after two hostages were freed safely an attack authorities said could be related to an earlier shooting at a hospital.
By Akanksha Sharma, Junko Ogura and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese police on Tuesday arrested an 86-year-old suspected gunman who had barricaded himself in a post office with two hostages after injuring two people at a hospital earlier in the day.
The suspect has reportedly barricaded himself in a post office after two people were wounded in an apparent shooting in a nearby hospital, authorities said.
As schools in a nearby city were locked down, its mayor said a gunman had fired a handgun at a hospital and fled. Incidents involving guns are rare in Japan.
Police were surrounding a post office in Japan late Tuesday as a suspected gunman held an unknown number of people hostage, with local media reporting two
Police ended an eight-hour standoff at a post office north of Tokyo by arresting the armed suspect after two hostages were freed safely in an attack authorities said could be related to an earlier shooting at a hospital.
Authorities in Warabi, Japan, told hundreds of residents to evacuate as a man "possessing what appears to be a gun" took an unknown number of hostages.
