Company Refugee Man Requests Talk With Company Official Izumo Shimane January 15 4:34
On the afternoon of the 14th, a man who broke into a shipping company in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture, with a knife-like thing, is still standing with female employees as hostages. Police are continuing to persuade and investigate the situation and motivation, according to investigators, saying that the man is requesting that the company officials be mentioned.
At around 2:30 pm on the 14th, a man with something like a knife cut into the transport company Ueda Cold in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, and hired a female employee in her 40s as a hostage.
According to police, the man appears to be in his twenties and is in a meeting room on the second floor with a female employee, but the woman is not injured or detained.
The two are not acquainted, and the man is not expected to have a business relationship with the company.
The man has been withdrawn and, according to investigators, is demanding that the names of company officials be spoken to.
It means that several police officers are persuading and listening relatively calmly.
At first, the man entered the company from the front door and instructed employees who were inside the company, "Please go outside because I want to stay up," and the police are examining the situation and motivation.