Japan mourns the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, whose body was being moved to Tokyo from the western town where he was gunned down at close range on the campaign trail
People queue up to offer flowers and pray at the site where late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, near Yamato-Saidaiji station in Nara, Japan, July 9, 2022.
Police were investigating the unemployed 41-year-old's background, including claims he had served in the Maritime Self-Defense Force, Japan's navy, and said he appeared to have used a handmade gun. They described multiple wounds to the prime minister's neck, with the internal damage reaching as deep as his heart.
Investigators were still piecing together a picture of the man behind the assassination and his motives. The suspect, who has been arrested on suspicion of murder, opened fire on Abe shortly before noon on Friday. By Friday night, a steady stream of mourners came to lay flowers and pray for their former leader, a man who was Japan's longest-serving prime minister and easily the country's most recognisable politician.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Shinzo Abe shooting videos show moment former Japan PM was gunned downThe former Japanese prime minister appears to have been shot twice while giving a campaign speech in the city of Nara.
Read more »
Shinzo Abe, powerful former Japan PM, leaves divided legacyTOKYO (AP) — Shinzo Abe was a political blueblood groomed for power. Japan's longest serving prime minister, he was also perhaps the most polarizing, complex politician in recent Japanese history. Abe, who was assassinated Friday , angered both liberals at home and World War II victims in Asia with his hawkish push to revamp the military and his revisionist view that Japan was given an unfair verdict by history for its brutal past.
Read more »
Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fatally shot in shock attackLocal fire department official Makoto Morimoto said the 67-year-old Abe was not breathing and his heart stopped while being airlifted to a hospital.
Read more »
Japanese mourn ex-PM Shinzo Abe a day after his assassinationNARA (Reuters) -A steady stream of mourners on Saturday visited the scene of the bloody assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's in the western city of Nara, an unusual act of political violence that has shocked the nation. Japan's longest serving modern leader was gunned down while making a campaign speech on Friday morning by a 41-year-old man, in a deed decried by the political establishment as an attack on democracy itself. 'I'm just shocked that this kind of thing happened in Nara,' Natsumi Niwa, a 50-year-old housewife, said after offering flowers with her 10-year-old son near the scene of the killing at a downtown train station.
Read more »
Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe fatally shot at campaign eventFormer 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
Read more »
Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe shot at campaign eventJapan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech in western Japan, according to a public television report.
Read more »