An explosion in a trash can Saturday morning at a park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward seriously injured a homeless man, police said.
Yoshimi Sasaki, 53, an unemployed homeless man, was injured and remains unconscious, the police said, adding that the explosion occurred around 8:40 a.m. at Shinjuku Chuo Koen -- Shinjuku Central Park -- in the Nishi-Shinjuku district.
The man who was later identified as Sasaki was found lying beside the bin with his left arm and leg blown off, the police said. He had been sleeping in the park.