Japans ex-PM shot dead, suspect arrested

Japans ex-PM shot dead, suspect arrested

By Rashika Kumar
Saturday 09/07/2022
[Photo: Al Jazeera]

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot twice at a political campaign event.

He was in the process of giving a speech when a gunman attacked him from behind.

Police investigating the assassination say the suspect held a grudge against a "specific organisation".

The alleged gunman, named as Tetsuya Yamagami believed Abe was part of the group and shot him for that reason.

Police have not named the group.

They say Yamagami has admitted to shooting him with a homemade gun.

Abe was Japan's longest-serving prime minister and his death at the age of 67 has profoundly shocked a country where gun crime is very rare.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he was "simply speechless" at the news of Abe's death, vowing that Japan's democracy would "never yield to violence".

Police are still investigating whether his killer acted alone and why Abe was targeted out of other people related to the unnamed organisation.

Source: BBC

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