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A man in his 50s was arrested. He is said to be a member of a right-wing extremist group, some Japanese media reported.
Published on November 16, 2023 7:52 am Updated on November 16, 2023 7:54 am
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An aerial photo shows a black car against a barricade near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, November 16, 2023. (YOICHI HAYASHI / YOMIURI / AFP)
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday (November 16) after a car crashed into a barrier near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, and a police officer was injured in the incident, several local media reported. Of TV pictures show a small, dark car crashing into a barrier at an intersection about a hundred meters from the Israeli embassy.
The person arrested at the scene is a man in his 50s who is believed to be a member of a right-wing extremist group, some Japanese media reported. Japanese far-right groups are generally not critical of Israel and are not considered anti-Semitic. Police declined to comment and the Israeli embassy could not immediately be reached.
A police officer was hit
“I heard a very loud noise and went out to check,” an employee at a nearby restaurant said in an interview with public television channel NHK. “Then I saw a police officer near a traffic barrier who was injured and in pain. He appeared to be bleeding,” he added.
Countries around the world have increased security around Israel’s diplomatic missions since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. Israel launched a large-scale ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on October 27 to “destroy” Hamas, which carried out an attack of unprecedented proportions on its territory on October 7 that reportedly left 1,200 victims, mostly civilians. Israeli authorities.
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