Fukuoka gang raided over shooting

KITAKYUSHU (Kyodo) Police raided the home of a yakuza boss and dozens of related locations Friday in Kitakyushu as part of an investigation into a suspected murder attempt involving a shooting at a local construction site two days earlier. About 90 police officers began searching the home of the boss of the Kudo-kai crime syndicate around 10 a.m., with about 20 riot squad members standing guard ...

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Source: The Japan Times

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