A suspected gunman has taken an unknown number of people hostage inside a post office in Japan, authorities said Tuesday.
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“At approximately 2:15 pm today (0515 GMT), a person has taken hostages and holed up at a post office in Chuo 5-chome area of Warabi city… The perpetrator is possessing what appears to be a gun,” the city’s authorities said on their website.

The incident came as police investigated a shooting incident in the same region earlier in the day.
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Two people were slightly wounded in that incident, but it was unclear how they were hurt.

Images on television showed the man inside the post office in a baseball cap and a white vest under a dark coat, with what looked like a gun attached to a cord around his neck.
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