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02-22-2005, 05:12 PM
Leader to Police: Toughen Up!
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi urged police Tuesday to toughen up after a television news report showed two police officers fleeing from a man brandishing what appeared to be a baseball bat.
"When the culprit came toward them, they didn't try to restrain him but ran away. I was surprised and amazed when I saw this," Koizumi told reporters.
The incident was embarrassing, Koizumi said, adding that he had ordered the nation's public security chief to step up police training to prevent recurrences.
Television footage showed the two officers approaching a car that had crashed into a building in Tokyo's Daiba waterfront district only to flee when the driver came toward them brandishing the weapon after smashing the vehicle's windows with it, media reports said.
© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi urged police Tuesday to toughen up after a television news report showed two police officers fleeing from a man brandishing what appeared to be a baseball bat.
"When the culprit came toward them, they didn't try to restrain him but ran away. I was surprised and amazed when I saw this," Koizumi told reporters.
The incident was embarrassing, Koizumi said, adding that he had ordered the nation's public security chief to step up police training to prevent recurrences.
Television footage showed the two officers approaching a car that had crashed into a building in Tokyo's Daiba waterfront district only to flee when the driver came toward them brandishing the weapon after smashing the vehicle's windows with it, media reports said.
© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.
Ohh e got a rat fluck dis i'm orf ;)