A 72-year-old retired soldier blew himself up in a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya, killing himself and injuring three other people in an apparent suicide, state broadcaster NHK reported. Two burnt-out cars were found 200 metres from a park where a man who killed himself. Media reports say he left a suicide note in one of the cars. The explosion in the park injured two men aged 64 and 58, who were being treated for shrapnel wounds. A folk art festival was underway in a park where one of the explosions occurred in Utsunomiya (Kyodo via Reuters)Witnesses told the broadcaster they heard a series of loud explosions.

Source: CBC News October 23, 2016 09:57 UTC