World News Shots fired at Japan's Baghdad embassy

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Gunmen fired a dozen shots at the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad on Nov. 18, but nobody was injured, the Foreign Ministry said.

Quoting a report from the embassy, the ministry said that the shooters escaped in a car after an Iraqi security guard at the embassy fired back.

The incident took place at about 3 a.m. local time, the ministry said in a statement. The bullets hit the wall of the embassy compound, it said.

The incident was reported just as a team of experts from the Ground Self-Defense Force arrived in southern Iraq for a firsthand look at the security situation in Samawah, a potential candidate site for a dispatch of SDF troops.

The team of about 10 GSDF personnel that arrived at a Dutch base in Samawah by helicopter will conduct an investigation, lasting from 10 days to two weeks, focusing on security in southern Iraq, which includes the city of Nasiriyah.

The team's findings are expected to affect the government's decision to determine the timing of an SDF dispatch, government officials said. (Kyodo)

在イラク日本大使館で発砲事件

イラクの首都バグダッドにある日本大使館付近で18日、何者かが大使館の建物に向けて十数発の銃弾を発砲した。外務省は発砲によるけが人はいなかったと発表した。

Shukan ST: Nov. 28, 2003

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