Current Events : Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been assassinated

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died at age 67 after being shot during a speech on Friday in Nara, Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing the office of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Abe suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, according to officials. Two shots can be heard in video footage of the incident.

Police have arrested a man in his 40s in connection with the shooting and retrieved what appeared to be a homemade gun, NHK reported.

Abe was the longest-serving Japanese Prime Minister in history. He stepped down as leader in 2020, citing health reasons.

https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/shinzo-abe-japan-pm-collapses-nara-07-08-22-intl-hnk/index.html

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I'm so pleased our governments out sourced everything to that lovely, peace loving country China and made them the most malevolent nation the planet has ever seen.

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But this shooting was in Japan

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They all look the same though is the key point here

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It's eerie that another Abe was assassinated.

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If my name was Abe I'd be getting really nervous right about now.

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Whatever happened to Abe Vigoda? Did he die again?

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The story is bigger than Japan.

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You probably think Russians don't poison their enemies outside of Russia.

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"I'm so pleased our governments out sourced everything to that lovely, peace loving country China and made them the most malevolent nation the planet has ever seen."

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Oh Shut The Fuck Up You Heartless Uncaring Asshole!

Your Political Trump Supporting Sore Losing Whining Dogshit Does Not Have Shit To Do With The Horrible Tragedy That Has Happened In Japan So Take It And Your 2 Year Old Whining Ass And Get The Fuck Out Of Here.

weird meltie. it's almost as if you're afraid people will realize trump was right about china.

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"Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been assassinated"

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This is a Horrible Horrible Tragedy! :(

My thoughts, prayers, and sympathies to his family and to the people of Japan.

by CNN July 08, 2022 11:17 AM
Member since March 25, 2020

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died at age 67 after being shot during a speech on Friday in Nara, Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing the office of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Abe suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, according to officials. Two shots can be heard in video footage of the incident.

Police have arrested a man in his 40s in connection with the shooting and retrieved what appeared to be a homemade gun, NHK reported.

Abe was the longest-serving Japanese Prime Minister in history. He stepped down as leader in 2020, citing health reasons.

https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/shinzo-abe-japan-pm-collapses-nara-07-08-22-intl-hnk/index.html

Scheiße!
Please bomb away Beijing! ☻
And on the way to there eliminate Moscow!

Ok, sorry…should read first what happened exactly.

retrieved what appeared to be a homemade gun

A homemade gun? Did he make it with a 3D printer?

Japan has some of the strictest gun laws.

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Apparently so. I read this pretty interesting article on the topic:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38365729

I liked the following:

Japanese police officers rarely use guns and put much greater emphasis on martial arts - all are expected to become a black belt in judo. They spend more time practising kendo (fighting with bamboo swords) than learning how to use firearms.

"The response to violence is never violence, it's always to de-escalate it. Only six shots were fired by Japanese police nationwide [in 2015]," says journalist Anthony Berteaux. "What most Japanese police will do is get huge futons and essentially roll up a person who is being violent or drunk into a little burrito and carry them back to the station to calm them down."