Highlights 1 Japanese pensioner blows himself up in an apparent suicide. 3 The blast injured three people and caused a fire in a nearby parking lot. 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. The explosion in the park injured two men aged 64 and 58, who were being treated for shrapnel wounds. Experts have pointed to the financial stress of surviving on small pensions for pushing some retired people to end their lives.

Source: India Today October 23, 2016 11:48 UTC