A person crashed a automobile right into a barricade close to the doorway of the Israeli embassy in Tokyo on Thursday, injuring a police officer.
Police arrested the 53-year-old on the scene, native media reported.
An official on the Israeli embassy mentioned the matter was beneath police investigation and declined additional remark.
The incident occurred at an space close to the embassy which has been the location of a handful of pro-Palestinian demonstrations in opposition to Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip in latest weeks.
Police had stepped up safety within the space, together with erecting the non permanent barricades, because the Israel-Hamas warfare started on Oct. 7, residents mentioned.
A month in the past, a staffer on the Israeli embassy in Beijing was assaulted on the road and hospitalized.