A 72-year-old suspect in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of damage to property, alleging that he used a five-inch nail to hit a straw doll with a photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the shrine's sacred tree. rice field.
Mitsunobu Hino (72), a self-proclaimed and unemployed person in Matsudo City, was arrested. There is a suspicion of building invasion and damage to property, allegedly hitting a sacred tree in the precincts.
The straw doll was about 30 centimeters in size, and had a photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin on it, as well as a handwritten memo with the president's date of birth.
The suspect is silent about the investigation.
Since last month, about 10 similar straw dolls have been hit at shrines in Matsudo City, and police are investigating the relationship.
Representative of the parishioner "There is another way to express your feelings about the war."
Nobuo Shibuya, the representative of the parishioner at the damaged crescent shrine, said, "I was relieved that the suspect was arrested. I think there is another way to express my feelings about the war. I'm talking.