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News out of japan, where japanese media are reporting on a shooting incident at a military training range in gifu city, in central japan. the national broadcaster, nhk, says they were all members of the ground self defense force. shootings are rare injapan with gun ownership requires a rigorous vetting process and is tightly regulated. let's go now to our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, in tokyo. what is the latest that you are hearing? what is the latest that you are hearin: ? , , what is the latest that you are hearin ? , , , ., ~ hearing? this is breaking and developing — hearing? this is ...

He has been taken into custody after firing he has been taken into custody afterfiring in a military firing range, firing a rifle at three soldiers, sdf personnel and two are in hospital and that we have now heard the soldiering critical condition has now died. we are watching the national broadcaster in japan, nhk, showing footage of the shooting range we could see ambulances, several ambulances and a gathering where it look like these personnel were being rushed to hospital. we do not have a motive as of now but this is extremely concerning an is extreme here because as you say, the shooting...

Watching footage from nhk, the japanese broadcaster of several ambulances, several security personnel gathering around what seems to be the scene of the soldiers being rushed to hospital. there are no reports of civilian casualties, but we also do not have a motive, we do not have a reason as to why this happened or the chronology, why this happened, it is a different context, it is a military context, it is a firing range so there was access to guns. normally, however, gun violence is extremely rare, this is extremely rare, this is extremely rare, this is extremely rare, even though we had th...

A Japanese soldier was arrested after two people were killed and one injured in a shooting at a military shooting range in Gifu City on Wednesday. The suspect, an 18-year-old SDF member who joined the service in April, allegedly used an automatic weapon on his instructors. All three victims were taken to a hospital; however, only one survived. The SDF has launched an inquiry into the incidence while police will conduct a separate investigation. Shootings are rarely seen in Japan where civilian's access to guns are stringently regulated; even then, no civilians were reported injured.