Saturday, September 22, 2007

Tokyo cop commits suicide by jumping in front of subway train

A man who died after jumping in front of a subway train has been identified as a police officer belonging to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), police said.

MPD investigators believe that Norio Tonooka, 40, a sergeant at the MPD's special investigation team, committed suicide.

Tonooka died after jumping in front of a train at Omotesando Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line in Minato-ku on Friday morning, according to the MPD. No suicide note has been found. (Mainichi)

A man who died after jumping in front of a subway train has been identified as a police officer belonging to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), police said.

MPD investigators believe that Norio Tonooka, 40, a sergeant at the MPD's special investigation team, committed suicide.

Tonooka died after jumping in front of a train at Omotesando Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line in Minato-ku on Friday morning, according to the MPD. No suicide note has been found.

(Mainichi)

September 22, 2007

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