Japanese police have arrested a knife-wielding man in front of the US Embassy in central Tokyo.
The incident occurred amid heightened security in the area ahead of a planned visit by US President Donald Trump from Monday.
Police say riot police personnel questioned a man acting suspiciously outside the embassy in Akasaka, Minato Ward, on Friday afternoon.
They say two knives were found among his possessions. The man is said to have pointed one of them at riot police, and was arrested on the spot for alleged obstruction of official duties.
A riot police officer was reportedly injured by the blade while restraining the man.
Police say the man has no fixed address and is thought to be aged around the 30s. He is said to be admitting that he harmed an officer, but is saying nothing about Trump or the United States.
When officers attempted to hold him down, he became violent. During the struggle, he injured one officer in the right ankle. The injury is not life-threatening. He has admitted the charges against him. According to local police, the man was walking while looking down and muttering to himself before being questioned by police. He told officers to kill him when he took out a knife, sources said, noting that he did not mention U.S. President Donald Trump or the embassy in Minato Ward. Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the situation further. The MPD has increased security to about 18,000 personnel in anticipation of Trump’s three-day visit to Japan
