Police raid gangster home over murder of Nagasaki mayor

Police raid gangster home over murder of Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - The police raided a gangster's home in the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, on April 18 on suspicion of murdering Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito. Io died in a hospital earlier in the day after being shot the previous day by the gangster, Tetsuya Shiroo, 59.

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