The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 18th that several metal parts such as nuts were installed in a silver-shaped barrel thrown by Ryuji Kimura (Kimura 24, 24), who was arrested for throwing explosives at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s election speech. .
The Wakayama Prefectural Police Headquarters (prefectural police) believes that there was an intention to increase the power of the explosion by scattering the nuts around during the explosion, and is focusing on the structure of the explosive.
According to Yomiuri, the explosives were thrown on the morning of the 15th in the vicinity of the prime minister at a port in Wakayama City, which was the speech venue for the LDP candidate for the Wakayama District 1 by-election of the House of Representatives.
In the photo taken at the scene, the barrel (about 20 cm long) before the explosion was taken, and what appeared to be a nut was attached to a string that appeared to be a fuse. Hyungyeong also confirmed this fact.
At that time, the barrel exploded about 50 seconds after being thrown. Prime Minister Kishida was not seriously injured as bodyguards and others nearby had already evacuated him. The prefectural police arrested suspect Kimura, who was in the audience, as an offender on charges of throwing explosives in front of the prime minister about 10 meters.
After that, during the site inspection, several nuts-like objects or metal fragments were found near the site. The tossed barrel hit a warehouse wall approximately 40 m from the blast site. It appears to have been blown away by the impact of the explosion.
Just before Kimura was caught at the scene, he had one more barrel similar to the one thrown at him. The barrel did not explode and remained at the scene and was recovered by the Hyun Police. It was about 20 cm long and had a fuse or nut attached to it.
According to firearms experts, pipe bombs have a structure in which both sides of the barrel are sealed and when ignited, the internal pressure becomes stronger and explodes. In order to increase the killing ability, a nail is inserted inside or a metal such as a nut is attached to the outside, Yomiuri said.
Local investigative agencies, such as the police, are concentrating on analyzing confiscated items obtained through house searches of suspects. In particular, it is known that the application of attempted murder charges is being reviewed with a focus on verifying the power of the explosives used during the terror attack.
Source: Donga
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