US forces on Okinawa were on Wednesday banned from drinking alcohol for 48 hours and also face a 30-day curfew after the murder of a woman allegedly committed by an American Marine.
Benjamin T. Watson, Okinawa area coordinator and commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force announced a "complete prohibition of alcohol consumption on or off base" starting Wednesday.
He also announced a 30-day "period of reflection" beginning Friday, where "we will implement a curfew in which liberty will expire at 2400 for all hands".
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