Tokyo riot policeman apparently shot himself on PM's office premises

A 25-year-old riot officer of the Metropolitan Police Department apparently fatally shot himself on Friday in a toilet at a guard station on the premises of the prime minister's office, the police said.The officer, found bleeding from the head at around 4:40 a.m. with a gun at the scene, was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to the police.A colleague of the officer heard what sounded like a gunshot and found him lying in the toilet. A bullet had been fired from the gun and no suicide note was found.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is currently on a trip abroad.Emergency service in Japan:…READ FULL ARTICLE