CHIBA- A 72-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly nailing a straw doll bearing the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin to a sacred tree at a Shinto shrine near Tokyo, police said.
Mitsunobu Hino is suspected of property damage and trespassing, police in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture said. The doll features an image of Putin’s face and comes with a note in his chest wishing the Russian leader was dead.
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