Shinto Priestess Killed By Brother During Sword Attack At Tokyo Shrine

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Shinto priest was killed on the grounds of a far-famed capital of Japan shrine by a person wielding a conventional Japanese blade United Nations agency then killed another lady before committing suicide, police aforementioned on Friday, in what native media delineate as a noticeable family feud.

Nagako Tomioka, 58, chief priest of Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in capital of Japan, was attacked by Shigenaga Tomioka, 56, as she got out of a automobile on Thursday evening. Media reports aforementioned he was her younger brother.

Also, a lady aged in her 30s United Nations agency was with Shigenaga Tomioka attacked and injured the driving force of the automobile with a Japanese blade, police aforementioned. The injuries to his shoulder and chest weren't dangerous.

After dynamic  the priest, Shigenaga Tomioka then injured the younger lady to death with a blade, before killing himself, police aforementioned. The woman’s identity wasn't given.

Police declined to inquire into the motive for the killings, however domestic media aforementioned the incident looked as if it would stem from a family feud.

Shigenaga sent a threatening letter to his sister in 2006, language he would “send her to hell”, the Sankei newspaper aforementioned.

Japan has terribly restrictive gun laws and gun-related killings ar rare.

Shinto is that the ancient faith of Japan and lots of shrines dot the country. The Tomioka Hachimangu shrine, established in 1927, incorporates a shut link with sport and also the emperor and Empress visited in 2012.

Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; written material by Malcolm Foster and Richard Pullin