Saturday, April 29, 2017

Tokyo subway shut down over fears of North Korean attack

One of Tokyo’s major subways systems says it shut down all lines for 10 minutes after receiving warning of a North Korean missile launch.

Tokyo Metro official Hiroshi Takizawa says the temporary suspension affected 13,000 passengers this morning.

Service was halted on all nine lines at 6:07 am and was resumed at 6:17 am after it was clear there was no threat to Japan.

Takizawa said it was the first time service had been stopped in response to a missile launch.

Train services are generally suspended in Japan immediately after large earthquakes.  Francois Delattre said here is unanimity on the need for North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. Pictured, a file photo of North Korean ballistic rockets 

The transport shutdown came after a North Korean missile test failed this morning.

The ballistic missile was fired to the northeast around 5:30 a.m. from the Pukchang area, north of Pyongyang, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.

He said firing a missile would be ‘a clear violation of U.N. security council resolutions.’

He added that Japan ‘cannot accept repeated provocation by North Korea’ and had ‘lodged a strong protest against North Korea.’

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the missile flew for several minutes and reached a maximum height of 44 miles before it failed.

South Korea says it’s still analyzing what type of missile the North fired.

MORE HERE: Tokyo subway shut down over fears of North Korean attack | Daily Mail Online


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