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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Japanese Man Arrested at Hawaii Airport With Grenades in Carry-on

A Japanese man has been arrested at Hawaii’s international airport after a pair of inert grenades were found in his carry-on luggage.

According to the Hawaii Police Department, 41-year-old Akito Fukushima of Kanazawa, the capital of Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture, was arrested shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday on a first-degree terroristic threatening charge.

Authorities said in a statement that Fukushima was attempting to depart the United States when the two grenades in his luggage were detected by Transportation Security Administration staff during x-ray screening.

Read the rest of the story at UPI.

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