'Gunpowder' found at home of Japan PM blast suspect: Report

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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed after the suspect threw a suspected pipe bomb during an election campaign stop in Wakayama city.

during a campaign event, local media said on Monday .

Police spent over eight hours on Sunday searching the home of the man, who has been named as 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura, and local residents were temporarily evacuated over the threat of explosives.National broadcaster NHK said suspected gunpowder, as well as pipe-like objects and tools were found at the home, and investigators now believe the explosive thrown at the event was homemade.

He was transferred on Monday to the Wakayama prosecutors' office from a local police station, local media reported. The prosecutors' office declined to comment. The attack came less than a year after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, which traumatised Japan and forced a security shake-up for public officials.

 

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