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US Military Base Worker on Okinawa Arrested in Murder Case
Source: Associated Press
US Military Base Worker on Okinawa Arrested in Murder Case
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOKYO — May 19, 2016, 3:04 PM ET
Japanese police have arrested an American working on a U.S. military base in Okinawa on suspicion of abandoning the body of a woman who had been missing since last month.
The arrest Thursday sparked outrage on Okinawa, where anti-U.S. military sentiment is already high because of the heavy American troop presence. The relocation of a U.S. air station on the southern Japanese island was recently stalled because of large protests.
Police said Kenneth Shinzato, 32, was arrested after he was questioned and investigators found the body at a location he provided.
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In Washington, Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook said the man arrested was a U.S. military contractor. "This is an appalling tragedy," he said. The U.S. military extends its "deepest sympathies to the people of Japan, and express our gratitude for the trust that they place in our bilateral alliance and the American people."
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOKYO — May 19, 2016, 3:04 PM ET
Japanese police have arrested an American working on a U.S. military base in Okinawa on suspicion of abandoning the body of a woman who had been missing since last month.
The arrest Thursday sparked outrage on Okinawa, where anti-U.S. military sentiment is already high because of the heavy American troop presence. The relocation of a U.S. air station on the southern Japanese island was recently stalled because of large protests.
Police said Kenneth Shinzato, 32, was arrested after he was questioned and investigators found the body at a location he provided.
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In Washington, Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook said the man arrested was a U.S. military contractor. "This is an appalling tragedy," he said. The U.S. military extends its "deepest sympathies to the people of Japan, and express our gratitude for the trust that they place in our bilateral alliance and the American people."
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-military-base-worker-okinawa-arrested-murder-case-39227260
