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Around 20 people are injured at the Ginza Six shopping complex in Tokyo , Japan , after a man sprays an unidentified substance near an ATM , prompting reports of a strong odor insi
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A road in the shopping district of Ginza was blocked off and people were taken away in stretchers A road in the shopping district of Ginza was blocked off and people were taken away in stretchers About 20 people were injured at a luxury shopping complex in central Tokyo on Monday after a man sprayed a substance inside the building, officials in Japan said.
A strong odor at the Ginza Six shopping mall in central Tokyo prompted emergency calls and left at least 25 people complaining of feeling unwell Monday, police and fire authorities said. A Tokyo police spokesperson said a man sprayed a substance at an ATM on the ground floor, while a local fire department official said “around 20 people were injured” after a report of a “smell”.
The road in front of the mall – located in the touristy and upmarket shopping district of Ginza – was blocked off following the incident, and fire trucks lined the street. According to TBS, 25 people, both men and women, have reported feeling unwell, and 14 of them — two men and 12 women — have been taken to the hospital.
“By the time I arrived, the commotion had already started, and I thought there might have been a small fire or something,” she said. Police are investigating the cause, a fire department officer at the scene said.
Similar complaints were also made at a nearby police box, TBS reported. The public broadcaster NHK said the injuries appeared to be light.
What's confirmed
- A road in the shopping district of Ginza was blocked off and people were taken away in stretchers A road in the shopping district of Ginza was blocked off and people were taken away in stretchers About 20 people were inj
- A strong odor at the Ginza Six shopping mall in central Tokyo prompted emergency calls and left at least 25 people complaining of feeling unwell Monday, police and fire authorities said.
- The road in front of the mall – located in the touristy and upmarket shopping district of Ginza – was blocked off following the incident, and fire trucks lined the street.
- “By the time I arrived, the commotion had already started, and I thought there might have been a small fire or something,” she said.
- Similar complaints were also made at a nearby police box, TBS reported.
What's still developing
- A road in the shopping district of Ginza was blocked off and people were taken away in stretchers A road in the shopping district of Ginza was blocked off and people were taken away in stretchers About 20 people were…
- A Tokyo police spokesperson said a man sprayed a substance at an ATM on the ground floor, while a local fire department official said “around 20 people were injured” after a report of a “smell”.
- The road in front of the mall – located in the touristy and upmarket shopping district of Ginza – was blocked off following the incident, and fire trucks lined the street.
- The public broadcaster NHK said the injuries appeared to be light.
- “By the time I arrived, the commotion had already started, and I thought there might have been a small fire or something,” she said.
- Police are investigating the cause, a fire department officer at the scene said.
- A strong odor at the Ginza Six shopping mall in central Tokyo prompted emergency calls and left at least 25 people complaining of feeling unwell Monday, police and fire authorities said.
- Similar complaints were also made at a nearby police box, TBS reported.