Off-duty police officer grabs colleague's gun, shoots himself near Tokyo-Xinhua - 新华网

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TOKYO, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- An off-duty police officer snatched a gun from a responding officer who was trying to restrain him and shot himself in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on Wednesday, local media reported.

TOKYO, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- An off-duty police officer snatched a gun from a responding officer who was trying to restrain him and shot himself in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on Wednesday, local media reported.

The 37-year-old man was unconscious when he was taken to hospital following the incident, which occurred at around 10:05 a.m. local time at a waste disposal plant in Koshigaya City, Kyodo News reported.

The man was an officer with Kasukabe Police Station, the report said.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. ■

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