Foreign Ministry attacked with firebomb, suspect stabs himself

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine the compound near the main entrance of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo where a man threw a Molotov cocktail on the evening of Feb. 6. The petrol bomb landed just outside the main entrance and the fire was immediately extinguished by Foreign Ministry security personnel. After hurling the petrol bomb, the suspect stabbed himself in the abdomen, slightly injuring himself, police said. No one else was injured in the incident.

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