thedrifter
10-31-03, 08:31 AM
U.S. Marine gunned down in Hiroshima
Monday, October 27, 2003 at 04:00 JST
HIROSHIMA — A U.S. Marine was shot and seriously injured early Sunday by an unidentified man in a car passing by as he was walking with two other Marines in downtown Hiroshima City, police said.
The 21-year-old sergeant, whose name has not been released, and the two other servicemen are stationed at the U.S. base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and arrived in Hiroshima on Saturday evening for leisure. Iwakuni is near the prefectural border between Yamaguchi and Hiroshima in western Japan.
Hiroshima prefectural police said they are investigating the case as attempted murder and searching for the gunman who fled the scene.
The three were walking in the downtown area after drinking at a nearby restaurant at around 4 a.m. when a man driving a black car fired a shot through the left front window. The gunman then got out of the vehicle and pointed the weapon at the chest of one of the other Marines, said a few words and fled in the car, the police said.
The police described the gunman as between 25 and 35 years old and about 165 centimeters tall. He wore white trousers and a black sweatshirt. (Kyodo News)
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=276926
Sempers,
Roger
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Monday, October 27, 2003 at 04:00 JST
HIROSHIMA — A U.S. Marine was shot and seriously injured early Sunday by an unidentified man in a car passing by as he was walking with two other Marines in downtown Hiroshima City, police said.
The 21-year-old sergeant, whose name has not been released, and the two other servicemen are stationed at the U.S. base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and arrived in Hiroshima on Saturday evening for leisure. Iwakuni is near the prefectural border between Yamaguchi and Hiroshima in western Japan.
Hiroshima prefectural police said they are investigating the case as attempted murder and searching for the gunman who fled the scene.
The three were walking in the downtown area after drinking at a nearby restaurant at around 4 a.m. when a man driving a black car fired a shot through the left front window. The gunman then got out of the vehicle and pointed the weapon at the chest of one of the other Marines, said a few words and fled in the car, the police said.
The police described the gunman as between 25 and 35 years old and about 165 centimeters tall. He wore white trousers and a black sweatshirt. (Kyodo News)
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=276926
Sempers,
Roger
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