Police say 20-30 employees of shopping centre could be missing - NHKreaking

Multiple people believed to be employees of the Aeon Mall Kumamoto are believed to be missing, Japan's public broadcaster NHK is reporting citing the National Police Agency. According to the outlet, police sources say that contact has been lost with 20 to 30 employees and emergency services are working to establish if any are trapped inside the shopping centre. Earlier, NHK had reported that Aeon employees had guided customers to evacuate outside the building before an explosion occurred. Rescue