Bullet sent to ex-lawmaker Suzuki's Tokyo office

Bullet sent to ex-lawmaker Suzuki's Tokyo office

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a building housing the office of former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Police said Oct. 20 that a letter containing a rifle bullet was sent Oct. 19 to the office, together with a message calling him a ''traitor.'' The message was signed from ''Kenkoku Giyugun Kokuzoku Seibatsutai'' which roughly means ''nation-building volunteers corps to conquer traitors.''

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