Police in Shiki, Saitama Prefecture, said Monday they are investigating the attempted murder of a man who was found with a gunshot wound, lying on a riverbank.
According to police, the 56-year-old man, of unknown occupation, and who lives in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, was found by the Arakawa River at around 6 a.m. Sunday by a passerby who called 119, Fuji TV reported.
Police said the man had suffered a gunshot wound and was still conscious. He was taken to hospital where he was in a stable condition Monday, police said.
Police said no gun was found near the man, nor was there any car. They said they will wait until he recovers before questioning him further.
© Japan Today
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snowymountainhell
Please do @nandakandamanda 4:02pm. “Details” are often a scarce commodity here.
nandakandamanda
Without going into detail I have witnessed on more than one occasion ‘things’ being tossed into the river.
nandakandamanda
By the river? No gun?
Where could it have gone??? Where do they traditionally toss the gun in Japan?
nandakandamanda
No car was found, but they didn’t mention the bicycle, or the motorbike.
This sounds like a case for Poirot or Holmes.
snowymountainhell
“Inter-Yak violence….”? - Such SPECTRE-al matters @GdTokyo? Perhaps we need to contact the Koan-Chosa-Kyoku and Japan’s own 00: “Tiger Tanaka”?
and a follow up on the nomenclature: Outside of Japan, is Interpol the nemeses of InterYak?
kaimycahl
This man lived, the shooter basically sent a message to him, no gun was found even if the police questions him he will not tell the truth about who shot him, knowing the person still has the gun and will come to finish him off. Police said the man had suffered a gunshot wound and was still conscious. He was taken to hospital where he was in a stable condition Monday, police said. Police said no gun was found near the man, nor was there any car. They said they will wait until he recovers before questioning him further.
pudus
"Man with gunshot wound found"
a rare bird in J land.
wowyz
"an international Spy ?" Nice try...
Hardly unlikely, for a deemed closed society.
HugABareBear
Who knows... perhaps he slept with someone's Wife/Daughter. Maybe an international Spy ? Certainly a bit of intrigue and excitement has been thrown in the the local Police Department.
GdTokyo
Inter-Yak violence….