TOKYO: Japanese police on Wednesday were investigating the motives of an 86-year-old man who took two women hostage in a post office after reportedly first setting his home on fire and shooting into a hospital.
Two people were wounded at the hospital in central Saitama prefecture, outside the capital Tokyo, while the two hostages were not harmed after an eight-hour ordeal at the hands of the irate and armed pensioner on Tuesday.
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