POBNEWS24, Dhaka July 8, 2022 : Out of resentment, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot dead. The assailant had already tried to kill Abe. Citing Japanese police, the country’s local media reported the news, according to Indian media NDTV.
Shinzo Abe, 8, was shot in the back while addressing a political rally in the western Japanese city of Nara on Friday. He was taken to hospital after being shot. He later died there.
Japanese police have arrested a 41-year-old man named Tatsuya Yamagami in connection with the incident. The attacker is a former Japanese navy (Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force). He shot Shinzo Abe with a weapon made in his own technology. His weapons were confiscated after the arrest. He was wearing a gray T-shirt and trousers at the time of the attack.
A source in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Shinzo Abe was bleeding from his throat after being shot. Abe has served two terms as prime minister of Japan. He has served as the country’s longest-serving prime minister. He resigned in 2020 due to illness. But he has considerable influence over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
Abe arrived in Osaka by plane on Friday morning and from there flew to the city of Nara. Within minutes of starting his speech to the crowd in front of the Yamato Saidaiji station in Nara city, he was shot and immediately fell to the ground. After taking him to the hospital, the doctor declared him dead.
