Hostage-taker at Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank arrested

Hostage-taker at Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank arrested

KYOTO, Japan - Eiichi Tokuda (L), who barricaded himself at Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank and held two hostages for nearly 17 hours, was arrested early Dec. 27. Tokuda, a former executive of a real estate company with extensive borrowings from the bank, walked into the bank's head office the previous day with a handgun and took four employees hostage. Two of them were released later. (Kyodo)

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