Silent prayer offered to police officer who died in tsunami-hit police car

Silent prayer offered to police officer who died in tsunami-hit police car

Masahito Kanetaka, director general of the National Police Agency, offers flowers and a silent prayer in front of the wreckage of a police car in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture on April 24, 2015. One police officer was found dead and the other remains missing after the car was swept away by tsunami triggered by a huge quake on March 11, 2011. They were helping residents to evacuate. ==Kyodo

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