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ladyarkles
03-28-2005, 06:02 PM
March 28


JAPAN:

Gangster gets death sentence for killing 4 in Maebashi bar shooting


The Maebashi District Court handed down the death sentence Monday against a gangster for killing 4 in a shooting at a bar in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, in 2003.

According to the ruling, Masato Kohinata, 35, a senior member of the Yano Mutsumi-kai syndicate, went on a shooting spree at the bar in Maebashi, killing three customers and seriously wounding their target and another person. The bodyguard was shot dead outside the bar.

(source: Kyodo News)