Two die in gang fight in Tokyo

Tokyo - Japanese rightwing gangsters shot dead two knife-wielding mobsters from a rival group who burst into their office in …

Tokyo - Japanese rightwing gangsters shot dead two knife-wielding mobsters from a rival group who burst into their office in central Tokyo yesterday in an apparent dispute over money.

Six people were wounded, three seriously, when about 15 members of the Sumiyoshi-kai gangster group stormed into the offices of the Sofusha (Blue Wind Group) in mid-afternoon in the Kojimachi district and met a hail of gunfire, police said.

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