Japan police seek arrest of Chinese teenager over Yasukuni Shrine ‘toilet’ graffiti
The suspect, who also faces a charge of desecration of a place of worship, has already left Japan for Hong Kong
Tokyo police have obtained an arrest warrant for a Chinese teenage boy for alleged property damage after graffiti was found at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in August, investigative sources said on Thursday.
The suspect was caught on a security camera climbing onto the pedestal of the stone pillar on the evening of that day and is believed to have posted an image of the graffiti on Chinese social media, the sources said.
He is thought to have written the graffiti alone, although he came to Japan with several people a few days before the incident.
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Japan hunts for man seen on Chinese social media spray-painting ‘toilet’ on Yasukuni Shrine
