Knife-Wielding Man Dies after Being Shot by Osaka Police

Osaka, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--A man armed with a knife died after being shot by an Osaka prefectural police officer who had repeatedly warned him to drop the weapon in the city of Kawachinagano in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

Around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the police received an emergency call reporting that a bloodied man with a knife was on the rampage near the entrance of a supermarket in Kawachinagano.

Among the five officers who arrived at the scene, a 32-year-old officer warned the man to drop the knife. After the warning was ignored, the officer fired a warning shot into the air.

When the man continued advancing toward the officer, another shot was fired, hitting him in the left side of the chest.

The man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of obstructing official duties and other charges but was later confirmed dead at a hospital.

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