On the 6th, a 2-year-old suspect who was arrested in an incident in which a car crashed into two places one after another, including the Ibaraki Prefecture government office, said that he had gone to the Tokai Village Office for consultation on nuclear power generation multiple times. Police are investigating the suspect's suspicion that he has become frustrated with the village through consultations.
Before 6 p.m. on the 1th, a black car rammed into the square in front of the city hall in Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and a woman in her 40s was seriously injured with broken bones, and two men in their 20s and 30s were slightly injured.
In addition, about 2 minutes later, at around 30:1 p.m., a white passenger car rammed into the main entrance of the Tokai Village Office, about 16 kilometers away, and the suspect Yasushi Mashiko (53) of Hitachi City, who was driving the car, was arrested on suspicion of damaging the building.
According to the police, he admitted to the investigation and said, "I did both cases, and I had a grudge against the Tokai Village Office and Hitachi City Hall," but in the subsequent interview with the person involved in the investigation, it was newly found that he had made a statement that he had consulted with Tokai Village multiple times about nuclear power generation.
The department in charge of the nuclear power plant in Tokai Village has so far not been able to obtain any specific information about the suspect in the incident.
Police are investigating the motive of the incident as they suspect that the suspect was growing frustrated with the village during the consultation.