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Japan: Suspects may have used homemade pipe bomb to attack PM

Summary by Ground News

Police are probing the possibility that the objects used in the Saturday attack on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida could be homemade pipe bombs. The revelation came as police raided the home of Ryuji Kimura, the 24-year-old suspect, in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture, in the early hours of Sunday. Police are still investigating whether the devices were designed to be lethal.

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Cops Suspect Use Of Homemade Pipe Bombs To Attack Japan PM: Report

Police are probing the possibility that the objects used in the Saturday attack on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida could be homemade pipe bombs, investigators said Sunday, Japan Times reported.

1 year ago·New Delhi, India

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Hindustan Times

Suspect may have used homemade pipe bomb to attack Japan PM: Report

The revelation came as police raided the home of Ryuji Kimura, the 24-year-old suspect, in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture, in the early hours of Sunday.

1 year ago·New Delhi, India

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

'Gunpowder' found at home of Japan PM blast suspect: media

Suspected gunpowder has been found at the home of a man accused of throwing an explosive at Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event, local media said Monday.

1 year ago·Malaysia

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Channel News Asia

'Gunpowder' found at home of Japan PM blast suspect: Report

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed after the suspect threw a suspected pipe bomb during an election campaign stop in Wakayama city.

1 year ago·Singapore

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Malay Mail

Media: ‘Gunpowder’ found at home of Japan PM blast suspect

TOKYO, April 17 — Suspected gunpowder has been found at the home of a man accused of throwing an explosive at Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event, local media said today. Kishida was unharmed in the attack, in which a suspected pipe bomb was tossed towards him at a port in western Japan’s Wakayama, shortly before he gave a speech. Police spent over eight hours on Sunday searching the home of the man, who has been named a…

1 year ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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