A man threw several Molotov cocktails at the headquarters of Japan’s ruling party and attempted to crash a car into the Prime Minister’s office. This was reported by the NHK television channel on October 19.
“On the morning of October 19, a man threw what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail in front of the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Nagatacho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, and then crashed his car into a fence in front of the Prime Minister’s residence. Minister. Office,” – reported the television channel.
According to the television channel, one of the Molotov cocktails hit a police vehicle, the fire was quickly extinguished and there were no injuries.
The man then tried to ram the Prime Minister’s Office building while driving, but the car got stuck on the fence. In addition, the criminal tried to throw a smoke bomb, but his actions were stopped by the police.
The television channel also noted that a lighter, household gas cylinders for portable gas stoves, as well as plastic cans for kerosene or gasoline were found near the man’s car.
Previously, on October 15, it became known that the head of the opposition party in Japan “Reiwa Shinsengumi” Taro Yamamoto He was urgently hospitalized several hours before the performance.
On the same day, the electoral campaign began in Japan on the eve of early elections to the lower house of Parliament. The elections themselves will be held on October 27. On October 9, the lower house of Japan’s parliament was officially dissolved by the country’s new prime minister. Shigeru Ishibawho headed the government on October 1, recalls Izvestia.
