Japanese policeman dies in suspected suicide at Prime Minister's residence in Tokyo
An officer was found dead in the grounds of the Japanese Prime Minister's official residence early Friday morning. Tokyo Metropolitan Police are investigating the incident as a possible suicide.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Police are investigating the death as a possible case of suicide.
Around 4:40 am local time, a police officer who was not the Prime Minister Fumio Kishida found the 25-year old man at the West Gate Guard Station.
According to police, the deceased officer was on duty as a guard at the residence during the incident.
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After a recent attack against Kishida, the Japanese authorities are on high alert.
A man threw what appeared to be a homemade smoke bomb towards the Prime Minister during a speech last month. Kishida wasn't hurt, but observers were alarmed by the fact that the suspect was able to get so near him and use what looked like a homemade weapon.
This was less than a month after the assassination last July of Shinzo Abe during a speech in Nara, a western city.