Tokyo riot policeman shoots self to death on street after duty

A 25-year-old officer belonging to a riot police squad of the Metropolitan Police Department died in an apparent suicide Wednesday after shooting himself on a street in central Tokyo, the police said.Toshiya Tamura was found unconscious and bleeding from his head in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward at around 3:30 a.m. by a passerby. He was taken to a hospital but died on Wednesday night, the police said.Although no suicide note was found, the police are investigating the matter as a likely suicide due to evidence showing the bullet that pierced Tamura's skull was fired from his own pistol.According to …READ FULL ARTICLE