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▼ Hostage-Taking Suspect Held After Doctor Attacked And Nurse Shot In Japan
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Doctor’s condition grave after attack in Fujimino near Tokyo as police confirm man aged 50 to 70 in custody
A Japanese man has been arrested for the attempted murder of a doctor he allegedly took hostage overnight, reports said on Friday.
The suspect is also alleged to have shot a nurse, who is severely injured, as he confined the doctor, who is feared dead after the attack, according to public broadcaster NHK.
It said the 44-year-old doctor was in cardiorespiratory arrest – an expression often used in Japan before a death is confirmed – when he was taken to hospital.
The doctor was on a visit to the suspect’s home with a nurse and caregiver, NHK and other Japanese media said.
Police declined to confirm the arrest when contacted, only saying the suspect was a man aged between 50 and 70.
The man is reported to have allegedly taken the doctor hostage with a gun in Fujimino, a city near Tokyo, on Thursday night.
The nurse, in his 40s, was conscious and being treated in hospital, the reports said.
Police had spoken to the gunman on the phone throughout the night to try to convince him to release the hostage, the reports said.
Gun crime is rare in Japan, where the possession of firearms is strictly controlled.
A Japanese man has been arrested for the attempted murder of a doctor he allegedly took hostage overnight, reports said on Friday.
The suspect is also alleged to have shot a nurse, who is severely injured, as he confined the doctor, who is feared dead after the attack, according to public broadcaster NHK.
It said the 44-year-old doctor was in cardiorespiratory arrest – an expression often used in Japan before a death is confirmed – when he was taken to hospital.
The doctor was on a visit to the suspect’s home with a nurse and caregiver, NHK and other Japanese media said.
Police declined to confirm the arrest when contacted, only saying the suspect was a man aged between 50 and 70.
The man is reported to have allegedly taken the doctor hostage with a gun in Fujimino, a city near Tokyo, on Thursday night.
The nurse, in his 40s, was conscious and being treated in hospital, the reports said.
Police had spoken to the gunman on the phone throughout the night to try to convince him to release the hostage, the reports said.
Gun crime is rare in Japan, where the possession of firearms is strictly controlled.
- January 28, 2022
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