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Japan’s ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated during a speech


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Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said. Nara prefectural police confirmed the arrest of Yamagami, 41, on suspicion of attempted murder of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.(Katsuhiko Hirano/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP)

 

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NARA, Japan (AP) — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — an attack that stunned a nation with some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere.

The 67-year-old Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving leader when he resigned in 2020, collapsed bleeding and was airlifted to a nearby hospital in Nara, although he was not breathing and his heart had stopped. He was later pronounced dead after receiving massive blood transfusions, officials said.

 

https://apnews.com/article/japan-shinzo-abe-shooting-22ec2248d92304deb9cc46b2142402d2

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Independent blogger, Zero Hedge makes the claim the gun was a homemade shotgun:

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While in custody, the gunman (a former maritime self-defense forces member) told police he intended to kill Abe because he was "frustrated" with the former premier, according to national public broadcaster NHK. 

The assassination is one of Japan's highest-profile acts of political violence since World War Two and came ahead of the country's upper house election on Sunday, which the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to win. 

Japan is one of the world's safest countries and has the strictest gun control laws. There are still no details on the homemade shotgun and its manufacturing. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/former-japanese-pm-shinzo-abe-shot-chest-rushed-hospital

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