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An 80-year old gunman has opened fire at a hospital in the city of Toda wounding two people. Authorities said that the gunman than fled the scene and took two females in their 20s and 30s hostage in a post office in Warabi, just north of Tokyo.

The gunman is reportedly armed only with a pistol. According to broadcaster NHK, one of the hostages was soon after released.

Gun violence in Japan is very rare. There were only 9 shooting incidents last year in the whole country.

Update: Gunman has been detained.

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