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A man looks at a television broadcast showing news of the attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8, 2022. (Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
Japan's Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Assassinated on Campaign Trail
"I am greatly shocked to hear that former Prime Minister Abe was shot today," said a campaigner with 350 Japan. "Such violence is unacceptable."
Jul 08, 2022
This is a developing news story... Check back for possible updates...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot Friday as he delivered a campaign speech on behalf of a member of his party just days ahead of the country's parliamentary elections.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was rushed to a hospital with wounds to his neck and left collarbone, apparently inflicted by a blast from a homemade shotgun. Hours later, news broke of Abe's passing.
Police arrested the suspected gunman on the scene. The Financial Times reported that authorities in Nara, where the shooting took place, "named the suspect as Tetsuya Yamagami, a resident of the city, with no known occupation. According to the defense ministry, he served in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force from 2002 to 2005."
"This attack is an act of brutality that happened during the elections--the very foundation of our democracy--and is absolutely unforgivable," said current Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
\u201cThird video shows the shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the gunman being taken into custody\n\nNOTE: Video not graphic, but viewer discretion is advised \nhttps://t.co/xsskEZzBMQ\u201d— BNO News (@BNO News) 1657254460
"I am greatly shocked to hear that former Prime Minister Abe was shot today," said Takayoshi Yokoyama, a climate campaigner with 350 Japan. "Such violence is unacceptable. 350 Japan condemns any forms of violence, and we seek solutions to the climate crisis through peaceful, non-violent citizen action."
The shooting prompted expressions of outrage and grief from world leaders.
Iran's Foreign Ministry dubbed the assassination "an act of terrorism" and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez offered his "resounding condemnation of this cowardly attack."
"Spain stands in solidarity with the Japanese people in these difficult times," Sanchez wrote in a Twitter post.
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This is a developing news story... Check back for possible updates...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot Friday as he delivered a campaign speech on behalf of a member of his party just days ahead of the country's parliamentary elections.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was rushed to a hospital with wounds to his neck and left collarbone, apparently inflicted by a blast from a homemade shotgun. Hours later, news broke of Abe's passing.
Police arrested the suspected gunman on the scene. The Financial Times reported that authorities in Nara, where the shooting took place, "named the suspect as Tetsuya Yamagami, a resident of the city, with no known occupation. According to the defense ministry, he served in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force from 2002 to 2005."
"This attack is an act of brutality that happened during the elections--the very foundation of our democracy--and is absolutely unforgivable," said current Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
\u201cThird video shows the shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the gunman being taken into custody\n\nNOTE: Video not graphic, but viewer discretion is advised \nhttps://t.co/xsskEZzBMQ\u201d— BNO News (@BNO News) 1657254460
"I am greatly shocked to hear that former Prime Minister Abe was shot today," said Takayoshi Yokoyama, a climate campaigner with 350 Japan. "Such violence is unacceptable. 350 Japan condemns any forms of violence, and we seek solutions to the climate crisis through peaceful, non-violent citizen action."
The shooting prompted expressions of outrage and grief from world leaders.
Iran's Foreign Ministry dubbed the assassination "an act of terrorism" and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez offered his "resounding condemnation of this cowardly attack."
"Spain stands in solidarity with the Japanese people in these difficult times," Sanchez wrote in a Twitter post.
This is a developing news story... Check back for possible updates...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot Friday as he delivered a campaign speech on behalf of a member of his party just days ahead of the country's parliamentary elections.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was rushed to a hospital with wounds to his neck and left collarbone, apparently inflicted by a blast from a homemade shotgun. Hours later, news broke of Abe's passing.
Police arrested the suspected gunman on the scene. The Financial Times reported that authorities in Nara, where the shooting took place, "named the suspect as Tetsuya Yamagami, a resident of the city, with no known occupation. According to the defense ministry, he served in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force from 2002 to 2005."
"This attack is an act of brutality that happened during the elections--the very foundation of our democracy--and is absolutely unforgivable," said current Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
\u201cThird video shows the shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the gunman being taken into custody\n\nNOTE: Video not graphic, but viewer discretion is advised \nhttps://t.co/xsskEZzBMQ\u201d— BNO News (@BNO News) 1657254460
"I am greatly shocked to hear that former Prime Minister Abe was shot today," said Takayoshi Yokoyama, a climate campaigner with 350 Japan. "Such violence is unacceptable. 350 Japan condemns any forms of violence, and we seek solutions to the climate crisis through peaceful, non-violent citizen action."
The shooting prompted expressions of outrage and grief from world leaders.
Iran's Foreign Ministry dubbed the assassination "an act of terrorism" and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez offered his "resounding condemnation of this cowardly attack."
"Spain stands in solidarity with the Japanese people in these difficult times," Sanchez wrote in a Twitter post.
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