Shots fired at North Korea-linked group HQ in Japan


  • World
  • Friday, 23 Feb 2018

Police officers are seen in front of the headquarters of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), after police arrested two men suspected of shooting in to the building, in Tokyo, Japan, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police arrested two men on Friday after several bullets were fired at the Tokyo headquarters of a group linked to North Korea, a spokesman and media said.

The men pulled up at the complex housing the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) in a van shortly before 4 a.m., before one of them fired multiple shots at the gate, media reported.

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