Police in southern Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture arrested a woman on Monday who walked into the US Consulate General building with what appeared to be a makeshift gunpowder bomb, local newspaper Ryukyu Shimpo reported.
According to the report, a woman with a steel pipe in her hands approached the police officers on duty near the Consulate General. He said that the pipe was filled with gunpowder, after which he was taken into custody.
Her motives are yet to be ascertained. It is known that the woman works as an entomologist.
On Monday, Japan marks the anniversary of the return of Okinawa.
After the defeat in the battle, which became one of the fiercest in World War II, control of the island passed to the United States. In 1972, Okinawa returned to Japan, but the island remains the main US military base in East Asia. 74% of all US military installations in Japan are located there and occupy about 20% of the island.
Source: TASS, BBN
Source: Kathimerini
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