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Japan ex-prime minister Abe may have been shot, taken to hospital - NHK


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Japan ex-prime minister Abe may have been shot, taken to hospital - NHK

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo

 

TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the city of Nara in western Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.

A sound like a gunshot was heard at the time, and a male suspect has been detained, NHK said.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-ex-prime-minister-abe-may-have-been-shot-taken-hospital-nhk-2022-07-08/

 

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According to NHK, he has passed away. The hospital was apparently waiting for his wife to arrive before making an official announcement.  

 

This is a shockingly rare occurence here. There are very few violent crimes- even in this one, the assassin used a hand-made firearm. Real guns are almost impossible to get.  I wonder if it will change how politicians and even members of the Imperial Family go about their everyday business. 

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