hyogo prefecture was also a centre for the protests. on the morning of april 24, almost 3,000 koreans and japanese communist party members protested in front of the hyogo prefecture government building in an attempt to get the government to re-open the schools and release the 70 koreans who had been previously arrested. about 100 korean protestors broke into the reception of the governor's office, where they destroyed furniture and cut off the phone lines, which limited communication with the police and military. the protestors also broke down the wall to the governor's office, where the protestors kept the governor, the mayor of kobe and the chief of police hostage until the release of the arrested korean protestors was guaranteed. the 70 prisoners were released, and a verbal guarantee of the retraction of the school closure order was made.