Tokyo Man Arrested After Attacking LDP Headquarters

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Police in Tokyo have arrested a man after he threw suspected Molotov cocktails at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters. The suspect then drove into a fence at the prime minister's residence. No injuries were reported in the attacks.

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00:00Tokyo police have arrested a man after he threw suspected Molotov cocktails at the ruling

00:05party's headquarters. The 49-year-old suspect threw around five objects towards the Liberal

00:11Democratic Party's headquarters, setting fires that were quickly extinguished. He then rammed

00:17his car into a fence at the Prime Minister's residence. Police contained him as he tried

00:23to throw a suspected smoke bomb into the compound. No injuries have been reported. The incident

00:29comes just over a week before the country's general elections. Police are still investigating

00:35the attacker's motive.

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