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Japan Self Defence Force member arrested after shooting, one dead - NHK
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TOKYO (Reuters) -A member of the Japan Self-Defence Force (SDF) was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of attempted murder after a shooting incident that resulted in at least one fatality, local media reported.
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asia.nikkei.com three
english.kyodonews.net 4
wionews.com one
richmond-news.com 3
straitstimes.com Three
english.alarabiya.net at least one fatality
www3.nhk.or.jp two
devdiscourse.com no reports of civilian
crisis24.garda.com no immediate reports of civilian
scmp.com 1
theprint.in one dead
wral.com four
dw.com 2
japantoday.com no
bangkokpost.com Two soldiers were killed and a third wounded
socialnews.xyz Two members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (GSDF) members were killed and one other was injured
stripes.com three fellow soldiers at a firing range on a Japanese army base Wednesday, killing two
An 18-year-old SDF member injured three other personnel with automatic weapon fire, killing one, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing the defence ministry. Another report by NTV said two of the victims were without vital signs.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the incident happened at about 9 a.m. at an SDF shooting range in Hino City in the central Japanese prefecture of Gifu. An SDF spokesperson said eight shots were fired.
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www3.nhk.or.jp shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday
straitstimes.com Wednesday
theprint.in 9 a.m
nippon.com around 9:10 a.m. (12:10 a.m.)
crisis24.garda.com morning of June 14
wral.com around 9 a.m
devdiscourse.com 9
channelnewsasia.com 9am
indiatoday.in 9 am
The victims included a man in his 50s and two in their 20s, and there were no reports of civilian casualties, NHK said.
Shootings are extremely rare in Japan, where gun ownership is tightly regulated and anyone seeking to own a gun must go through a rigorous vetting process.
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