TOKYO (AFP) – The head of Japan’s National Police Agency announced his resignation yesterday after an investigation confirmed “shortcomings” in the security plans for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Abe, the country’s best-known politician and longest-serving premier, was shot and killed while delivering a stump speech on July 8 in the city of Nara […]
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cataclysmic, one might imagine, in terms of its ramifications in japan, a country that just simply has not the culture of gun violence that we are just, you know, soaked with here in the united states. i mean, the regulations, the small pool of people who are able to access the small pool of guns, the notion of all the gun control measures, the large population in japan, and yet relatively few i mean every life is significant, but comparatively speaking, relatively few deaths as well. we actually have video that came in just now, susan, that is showing the moments after the former prime minister collapsed. you can see him on the ground, and people are gathering around him. i mean it s truly stunning to see right now. i mean this is the former prime minister of japan, the longest-serving and twice-serving prime minister. and for the audience, of course, this is the highest government office in japan, and the former
hello there. let s start with news that has broken in the last hour the formerjapanese prime minister, shinzo abe, has been taken to hospital after apparently being shot while delivering a speech in the city of nara in western japan. he s said to be unconscious. local media reports say a sound like a gunshot was heard at the time. a male suspect has been detained. there is a press conference that will happen very shortly and when we get any new lines on this story, will bring them to you immediately. local reports say shinzo abe, former prime minister ofjapan, prime minister of japan, longest serving prime minister ofjapan, longest serving prime minister ofjapan, has been shot as in a state of cardiac and respiratory arrest. uk business groups fear the country could face weeks or months of political