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Japan XIII: [crab] Abe is over [crab]
| Police arrested Yamagami Tetsuya for attempted murder. A gun seized at the scene appears to be handmade. [3] Japanese Defense Ministry officials say he worked for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for three years until 2005. [3] Media reports quoted police as saying that the weapon thought to have been used in the attack was homemade. [1]
| [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/shinzo-abe-shot-japan-who-what-we-know-feared-dead-shooting-former-prime-minister-nara
Following from https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/2046/; with timestamps:
[2] JST12:17
[3] JST14:00
[4] JST14:45
| You WILL import US-tier gun violence into your country, and you WILL be happy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE0wfjsybIQ
| >Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, dies after being shot
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/shinzo-abe-japans-former-prime-minister-dies-after-being-shot
maids seething and malding with their locked threads now
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| Abe had been in the city of Nara giving a campaign speech ahead of this Sunday’s upper house elections when gunshots were heard. Abe was shot on the left side of his chest and apparently also in the neck. Abe was holding his chest when he collapsed, and his shirt marked with blood. [1]
Police sources say Abe was likely hit from behind by shotgun fire. Emergency officials say he was taken to hospital without vital signs. [2]