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18-Year-Old Japanese Recruit Shoots Fellow Soldiers at Army Base, Killing Two

  • An 18-year-old Japanese soldier in training shot three fellow soldiers at an army base firing range, killing two of them.
  • The suspect was arrested at the scene and charged with attempted murder.
  • The shooting occurred during a live-fire training exercise at a base in Gifu prefecture in central Japan.
  • Two of the victims, aged 25 and 52, were pronounced dead at a local hospital.
  • The incident has prompted Japan's military to suspend all live-fire drills as authorities investigate how such an attack could happen given the country's strict gun laws.
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