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The Assassination of Shinzo Abe

8 Jul 2022

Japan Former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe was assassinated at a rally in Nara

Japan, a nation who was low in gun crime rate, was shocked as her former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe was shot down by a handmade gun during a rally in Nara.


Abe’s assassination was the first of a sitting or former Japanese premier since the 1930s during the days of Japan’s pre-war militarism.


Assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (reuters.com)

Source: Reuters on July 19, 2022

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