Asia-Pacific
Gunman kills himself after shooting 3 at Japanese bar
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-13 09:25
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TOKYO: Three people were fatally shot by a man Tuesday evening at a bar in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture of Japan. The gunman then committed suicide, Kyodo News reported Wednesday.
The other victim, who was the owner of the bar, died later.
According to witnesses, Sugiura and his mother-in-law were at the bar to talk about a divorce. In the middle of the discussion, Sugiura got excited and left. Returning with a shotgun he shot his mother-in-law and the two others. Sugiura then shot himself outside the bar.
Several months earlier, Sugiura's mother-in-law, a former lawmaker at the Habikino city assembly, told an acquaintance that her daughter had a troubled marriage, according to the police, the report said.
