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Police Arrest Japanese Woman for Squirting Water on Olympic Torch CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images 8 Jul 2021 Police in Japan arrested a 53-year-old woman this weekend for attempting to extinguish the Tokyo Olympics’ torch with a water gun as it was relayed through the city of Mito, the Tokyo Reporter, a local Japanese news site, reported on Tuesday. A woman identified as Kayoko Takahashi “used a squirt gun” in an effort to extinguish the Olympic flame as it was carried by a 77-year-old male runner in Mito, the capital of Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, on the evening of July 4. The woman was unsuccessful in her attempt to douse the Olympic torch, during which she shouted, “We are opposed to the Olympics! Stop the Olympics!”

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