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04-18-2007, 11:58 AM
mainichi Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, who was seeking re-election, died early Wednesday after being shot by a gangster in front of his campaign office, police said. Ito, 61, died at Nagasaki University Hospital at 2:28 a.m. from loss of blood. Police arrested Tetsuya Shiroo, 59, a senior member of the Suishin-kai, affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate, on suspicion of attempted murder because Ito was alive at the time. Police are poised to upgrade the charges to murder. Read more... (http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070418p2a00m0na002 000c.html)