Blast damages Yasukuni Shrine toilet
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A suspected explosive device damaged a bathroom at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine yesterday, but no one at the controversial war memorial was hurt.
Police received reports of a loud bang and smoke rising near the public bathroom inside the shrine yesterday morning, a spokesman said.
Public broadcaster NHK said the small blast occurred as a larger-than-usual number of people were visiting the shrine for an annual harvest festival.
Police found the ceiling and wall of the bathroom damaged and burned, NHK said, adding that they also found a battery and wire there.
Police have launched a probe into whether the incident was a targeted attack. “Fortunately, no one was injured,” a shrine official said, adding that it had not received any threat in connection with the explosion.
A South Korean national was charged two years ago for attempting to set fire to the shrine, while a man was arrested in December for suspected arson there, NHK said.
The shrine honors of Japan’s war dead, but also includes several Class-A war criminals.
Visits to the shrine, a symbol of Japan’s military past, by senior Japanese politicians have drawn an angry reaction from China and South Korea.
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