Tokyo: Police says Nagai Shot at Point-blank Range

Source: The Asahi Shimbun

Kenji Nagai, 50, the video journalist slain Sept. 27 during an anti-junta street protest in Myanmar (Burma), was shot in the back from a range of 1 meter, police here said Monday.

Myanmar's military junta claims Nagai's death in Yangon (Rangoon) was an accident. The Metropolitan Police Department had sought expert help to examine photos and video footage of the incident collected from various sources.