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A car ploughed into pedestrians in the busy Sannomiya entertainment district of Kobe, near JR Sannomiya station, on Tuesday. TBS reports a woman in her seventies was left in cardiopulmonary arrest and four others were seriously or lightly injured. Police rushed to the scene and are investigating the driver. Search interest in the incident spiked as news broke.
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A car struck pedestrians on a crosswalk at an intersection near JR Sannomiya Station in Kobe, killing a woman in her 20s and leaving four others with serious or minor injuries. The incident drew widespread attention in Japan, with local media reporting from the busy city-centre crossing as police investigated the cause of the crash.
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Two men were shot in separate locations in Kobe, Japan, within the Chuo and Hyogo wards. A man in his 60s was shot in the abdomen in Chuo ward and later died, while a 54-year-old man was shot in the back in Hyogo ward and hospitalised. Police arrested a man, reportedly a former yakuza member, at the second scene on suspicion of attempted murder.
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Two adult men were injured in what appears to be a series of shootings in Kobe, Japan, according to public broadcaster NHK. Police have taken an elderly person into custody in connection with the incidents. Authorities are investigating whether the shootings are linked and the circumstances surrounding the suspect, while residents in the area have been reacting to the rare outbreak of gun violence.