Seeing what turned out to be an explosive device thrown in the direction of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the 54-year-old fisherman allowed his instincts to kick in.
Without hesitation, he applied a wrestling headlock on the assailant and subdued him to the ground. "My body just quickly went into action," said the man, whose name was not disclosed.
The explosive device was thrown in Kishida's direction just before he was going to give a stump speech for a by-election candidate in Wakayama on Saturday. Police quickly arrested 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business.
