Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A suspected gunman took at least two people hostage in a post office in Japan after wounding two other people in a shooting at a hospital, authorities and media said on Tuesday.
At least two female post office workers in their 20s and 30s were taken hostage, local media reported.
Two people were injured at the hospital, media reported.
Images broadcast on television showed a man wearing a track suit top and white shirt standing just inside the post office brandishing what looked like a pistol.
There were just nine shooting incidents last year, according to the national police agency, of which six were related to criminal gangs.
Persons:
Shinzo Abe, Sugiyama Satoshi, Sakura Murakami, Tim Kelly, John Geddie, Christian Schmollinger, Ed Osmond
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Locations:
Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Tokyo, Toda