Chinese national 'pulls gun and shoots wife dead' in Tokyo restaurant

A Chinese national is being questioned by police in Tokyo after being arrested for allegedly pulling out a gun in a restaurant on Sunday evening and shooting his wife dead.

The man, named in local media reports as 54-year-old Cao Jianping, has reportedly refused to reply to police questioning.

The suspect is a resident of Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward and footage taken from security cameras in the pavement cafe attached to the Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro showed the man and his wife, also Chinese, arriving and being seated at a table.

The footage, local media reported, also shows the couple beginning to quarrel before the man pulls a hand gun from a bag, stands up and shoots his wife twice. The incident occurred at around 10.40pm.

The woman, who was also in her 50s, has not been named. She sustained gunshot wounds to her jaw and chest and was rushed to a local hospital, but later confirmed dead.

There were at least 10 other patrons in the bar at the time of the shooting, but none sustained any injuries in the incident.