Japanese police arrested an 18-year-old soldier on Wednesday after he shot and killed two instructors and injured a third at a military firing range in central Japan.
The incident in Gifu City was the first such fatal shooting at a Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF) firing range since 1984.
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The three instructors, which public broadcaster NHK said included a man in his 50s and two in their 20s, were taken to hospital where two died. The alleged shooter, who is in police custody, joined the GSDF in April Shootings are extremely rare in Japan, where gun ownership is tightly regulated, and anyone seeking to own a gun must go through rigorous background checks. Last year there were four gun deaths in Japan, according to the National Police Agency.
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