Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi executives arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, December 4: 6:24
In August, a Yamaguchi-gumi gangster was shot with a handgun in Kobe and was injured. The police arrested the opposing Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi executives for murder on the 3rd night.
Mr. Koji Nakada (60), an executive of the Kobe Yamaguchi group and the head of the core organization “Ken Yamagumi”, was arrested.
According to the police, Susumu Nakata is a core organization of the opposing Yamaguchi Gumi in August and shoots a 51-year-old gang member of Yamaguchi Gumi with a pistol in front of a related facility of “Kudokai” in Chuo-ku, Kobe. There is a suspicion of attempted murder or violation of the sword law as an injury.
The police reported that a man who escaped from the scene with a minibike because there was a possibility of retaliation in April because the gangster head of the Kobe Yamaguchi group was stabbed with a knife by a Yamaguchi group gang. We were proceeding with the investigation.
As a result, he was identified as a suspect Nakata from the video of the security camera and arrested for walking in Osaka city on the 3rd night.
The police haven't made any approval or disapproval for hindering the investigation.
In October after the incident, in front of the “Ken Yamagumi” office in Kobe City, two Kobe Yamaguchi Group gang members were killed by Yamaguchi Group gang members who were shot with pistols.
One week ago, on the 27th of last month, the gang leaders of the Kobe Yamaguchi group were shot and killed in Amagasaki city by an automatic rifle, and the police arrested a man who seemed to be involved in the Yamaguchi group.
The police are investigating that there is a suspicion of a conflict case, and are pursuing an investigation toward the designation of a “specific conflict-designated gang” that can strengthen the control of the two gang organizations.