. >> bangladeshi students and their families gathered in yamaguchi. they read from the koran and prayed for the victims. >> we are very sorry for that incident. we didn't think that it could be happening in bangladesh. >> the man said he does not want people to equate islam with terrorism. >>> now to the world of business. fears over the impact of britain's vote to leave the european union. let's go to gene otani for more details. >> stock prices sank in asia. tokyo shares were lower after bank of england governor mark karr carney reports. >> investigators scrambled for safe havens as it became clear that the fallout from the british referendum is far from over. the nikkei fell more than 500 points at one stage. the benchmark dropped 1.8% to close at 15,378. the british pound took another beating after investment firms in the uk suspended trading in british real estate funds. during asian trading the pound hit another fresh low below 1.28. sterling's slide is taking the dollar down too while bets on the safe haven yen accelerated. hit a low at the mid