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Former Prime Minister Abe dies after being shot while campaigning in Nara

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died Friday after being shot while delivering a stump speech in the western city of Nara two days ahead of a national election.

Japan's longest-serving leader was shot by a 41-year-old man from behind at around 11:30 a.m. when he was speaking in front of Kintetsu Railway's Yamato-Saidaiji Station, police said, adding he collapsed on the ground after two shots were heard. He was rushed to a hospital with blood seen on his shirt.

A doctor with the Nara Medical University Hospital said at a press conference that Abe died at 5:03 p.m. and the wound was deep enough to reach his heart, adding the cause of death is believed to be blood loss.

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Former-Prime-Minister-Abe-dies-after-being-shot-while-campaigning-in-Nara

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/08/national/shinzo-abe-shooting-reactions/

https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/ex-japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-apparently-shot-gravely-injured

R.I.P. Abe

I may not have liked him, but that's no way to go. Can't imagine what his wife and kids are going through now.

Last edited by manuel - on 08 July 2022

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That's horrific, I don't know what to say. Rest in peace.



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Yeah it is crazy, I live in Japan and I was at work today and noticed everyone was looking at their phones. Which is rare here.

For some reason my phone lost all connection to the internet today as well.

It is sad, gun violence and crazies can even be found here.



Yep saw it on the news a ~3-4 hours ago. Sad this sort of thing can happend, even in japan.



Farsala said:

For some reason my phone lost all connection to the internet today as well.

Are you by any chance on the au/KDDI network? I heard that's a bit flaky these past few days.



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manuel said:
Farsala said:

For some reason my phone lost all connection to the internet today as well.

Are you by any chance on the au/KDDI network? I heard that's a bit flaky these past few days.

No this is NTT Docomo 5G. Yesterday there was an outage in the country apparently, but today I think it is just me.



For what motive?



Why tho.



KLAMarine said:

For what motive?

I'm not sure, but I heard someone on TV say that the perpetrator apparently believed in some weird conspiracy theory.



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Jpcc86 said:

Why tho.

I guess we'll never know.



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