Tokyo police arrest man who they say threw Molotov cocktails at LDP HQ

Police investigate an incident outside the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party, where according to local media, what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail was thrown, in Tokyo, Japan October 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo police said on Saturday they had arrested a 49-year-old man who threw what appeared to be Molotov cocktails at the headquarters of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) earlier in the day.

He also crashed his van into the security fence outside the prime minister's office, which is close to the LDP headquarters situated in Nagatacho, and threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at police officers, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department said.