A man who killed himself and two others Tuesday by setting off an explosion in a Nagoya office building is believed to have been trying to murder the branch manager of the courier Keikyubin Co., according to police sources.
The sources said Wednesday that before and after releasing seven of eight hostages, Noboru Beppu, 52, poured what is believed to have been gasoline on the floor of the office and told branch manager Kunio Yoshikawa to remain there.
Beppu was demanding unpaid wages for July, August and September as he holed up inside the office.