Man hurls plastic bottles at Lee at Narita

A man hurled two plastic bottles containing liquids at former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui at Narita airport Saturday as he was about to take a return flight home after an 11-day trip to Japan, police said. The 84-year-old former leader was unhurt as the bottles failed to hit him. The incident took place around 3:20 p.m. in the departure lobby of the Terminal 2 building of the international airport east of Tokyo.

The man was immediately taken into custody. He refused to answer questions from police, they said. The man emerged from among some 60 people waving flags at Lee in the lobby to show their support for Taiwan and to see him off, investigators said.