Suspect Arrested over Explosion at Kishida’s Campaign Site

A suspect is held down at a fishing port in Wakayama on Saturday.
13:25 JST, April 15, 2023
WAKAYAMA — The Wakayama prefectural police restrained a man who is believed to have thrown something like a smoke bomb at the site where Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was scheduled to give a speech. The man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business.
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