Japanese media reports: A 110 police call came from the Toda Central General Hospital in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, with a "loud noise like an explosion". Two doctors and two patients were injured. Police are investigating the shooting.
At around 1:10 p.m. on October 31, a 110 police call was heard in front of the Toda Central General Hospital with a loud noise like an explosion outside the hospital.
According to police, a man was suspected of shooting inside from outside the hospital, the window glass broke in a honeycomb shape, and two people each were injured by a doctor in his 40s and a patient in his 60s.
The circumstances of the injuries and the physical condition of the injured are not yet known.
A nearby female witness said: "After hearing a loud noise, a man with a pistol similar weapon was seen fleeing on a motorcycle. ”
Toda said the suspect was about 40 to 50 years old, about 160 centimeters tall, of medium build, and dressed in all black.
The police are looking at the situation at the scene, suspecting the use of a handgun and opening an investigation.
Meanwhile, at around 2:15 p.m., the Fern post office received a report that "there was a man with a gun" and other conditions.
Police quickly went to the scene to verify.
Toda City has issued a notice asking people from kindergartens and other institutions not to go out.
In addition, the Fern City Board of Education said that seven elementary schools and three middle schools in the city are asking students to wait inside the school and not leave school.
Author: Dongying Travelogue