Suspicion of sending bomb notice to city hall Seki City Councilor arrested Gifu Seki June 29, 18:29
A city council member in Seki City was arrested on the suspicion of impeding business because he mailed a document stating that an explosive was set up at an office of Seki City Hall in Gifu Prefecture and interfered with the city's business.
Hiroshi Ota (67), a city council member in Seki City, was arrested.
According to police, Rep. Ota mailed a document stating "has set explosives" to the Kaminoho office of Seki City Hall, and interrupted the city's business for approximately two hours to confirm safety on the afternoon of last month. However, there is a suspicion that it will interfere with business.
The Kaminoho office is one of the five offices in the city, and police and others searched for it, but no explosives were found.
The name of the sender is not written in the document, which means that Representative Ota emerged from the investigation on postmarks and security cameras.
Police have not disclosed whether Congressman Ota has admitted the charges.
On the 1st of last month, Seki City Hall received a document saying, "I was in trouble with Corona, but the city window did not respond politely. I set an explosive." Checking it up.
Representative Ota has been a member of the city council since 2003, and is currently in the fifth term. He also served as chair of the city council for two years from 2013.
According to the secretariat of the city council, he attended the extraordinary council whose opening was delayed by about 30 minutes due to the bombing notice on the 1st of last month, and also attended all the regular city council held in June this month. That is.
Mr. Gen Hatano, Chairman of the Seki City Assembly, commented that the councilor was arrested, "If the suspicion is true, I regret it as a chairman. I deeply apologize to the citizens for causing trouble and concern."