A suspected gunman has taken an unknown variety of individuals hostage inside a put up workplace in Japan, authorities mentioned Tuesday.

“At approximately 2:15 pm today (0515 GMT), a person has taken hostages and holed up at a post office in Chuo 5-chome area of Warabi city… The perpetrator is possessing what appears to be a gun,” the town’s authorities mentioned on their web site.

The incident got here as police investigated a capturing incident in the identical area earlier within the day.

Two individuals have been barely wounded in that incident, nevertheless it was unclear how they have been damage.

Images on tv confirmed the person contained in the put up workplace in a baseball cap and a white vest beneath a darkish coat, with what seemed like a gun hooked up to a twine round his neck.