(2)Suspected projectile launcher found in Tokyo park

(2)Suspected projectile launcher found in Tokyo park

TOKYO, Japan - A photo taken Nov. 21 shows Oizumi-Chuo Park (fore) in Tokyo's Nerima ward and the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) Asaka base (back) which straddles between Tokyo and Saitama prefectures. Police found two metal pipes at the park in what they suspect was a home-made automatic projectile launcher Japanese militants used to attack the base.

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