12 People Rushed to Hospital After Complaints of Sore Eyes and Throats After Spraying at Commercial Facility (Kyodo News)

At around 2:50 p.m. on the 23rd, a call was made to 110 reporting that "there was a smell like hydrochloric acid near the entrance" at the "AEON MALL Chiba New Town" parking lot in Chuo Kita 3-chome, Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture. According to Inzai Police Station and the fire department, tear gas was sprayed, 44 people complained of sore eyes and throats, and one