Headlines Shinzo Abe, former Japanese Prime Minister, assassinated

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https://time.com/6194882/shinzo-abe-shot-japan/

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died, after he was shot on Friday in the western Japanese city of Nara. He was 67.

Hospital officials at the Nara Medical University told local reporters after the shooting that the former Japanese leader arrived at 12:20 p.m. without any vital signs. He reportedly lost a lot of blood from his gunshot wounds. Hospital authorities did a blood transfusion and tried to resuscitate him, before he was declared dead at 5:03 p.m.

In video footage circulating on social media, Abe is speaking in front of a crowd of a few hundred people near the Yamato-Sadaiji train station in Nara when a loud bang is heard from behind him and a cloud of apparent gun smoke can be seen. Abe does not move after the first shot, but as the camera pans away and people begin to scream, a second gunshot is heard.

A reporter for NHK said she heard what sounded like two gunshots, and saw Abe bleeding. Abe was making a stump speech on the street ahead of July 10 elections for the upper house of parliament.

The suspect has been identified as a resident of Nara prefecture in his early 40s, according to NHK. Japanese media also cited defense officials who said that he was a former member of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces. The weapon used, shown by Japanese broadcasters, appears to be improvised or homemade. Police told NHK that the suspect claimed he was “dissatisfied” with Abe and “intended to kill him.”

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220708_40/

Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has condemned the attack on former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo "in the strongest possible terms."

Kishida spoke to reporters at the prime minister's office on Friday, about 4 hours after the shooting. He had flown back from the northeastern prefecture of Yamagata, where he was campaigning ahead of Sunday's Upper House election.

Kishida said, "The despicable, barbaric act took place when the country is staging an election -- the foundation of democracy -- and is totally unacceptable."

Asked about the incident's possible political impact, Kishida said he does not think it appropriate to consider such matters while urgent attempts are being made to save Abe's life.

He also said all Cabinet ministers will be asked to return to Tokyo to share and confirm the facts and the government's response.

Kishida said nothing has been decided on election-related schedules, and that he will respond appropriately after fully grasping the situation.

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[Fishy]

i'm pretty impressed that japan's gun control standard yields scenarios where someone has to extensively 3D print and DIY-build their own gun to ever get close to actually firing a weapon and/or using one to cause bodily harm to others

 

[Martin]

i'm pretty impressed that japan's gun control standard yields scenarios where someone has to extensively 3D print and DIY-build their own gun to ever get close to actually firing a weapon and/or using one to cause bodily harm to others

There is currently no evidence that it was 3D printed. All of the evidence we have points towards it being a zip gun (steel tubes with a primitive wooden frame) made using parts from a hardware store.

The police have claimed that they have seized multiple similar guns from the suspect’s address, too: electronic ignition, multi-barrel, wooden frame construction, lots of tape to hold things together. You could make these things for 20 bucks a pop.

You could probably 3D print a better gun, but a 3D printer almost certainly wasn’t used in this instance, and ultimately it is quite a bit more expensive up front for an improvement that is probably not that necessary for the intended purpose.

 

[Fishy]

There is currently no evidence that it was 3D printed. All of the evidence we have points towards it being a zip gun (steel tubes with a primitive wooden frame) made using parts from a hardware store.

The police have claimed that they have seized multiple similar guns from the suspect’s address, too: electronic ignition, multi-barrel, wooden frame construction, lots of tape to hold things together. You could make these things for 20 bucks a pop.

You could probably 3D print a better gun, but a 3D printer almost certainly wasn’t used in this instance, and ultimately it is quite a bit more expensive up front for an improvement that is probably not that necessary for the intended purpose.

3D print, pipes from japan home depot, who cares, my point remains that i am reassured by gun control which forces people to DIY their own guns to commit acts of harm via firearm/similar capacity weapon

*disclaimer dont try to print guns at home disclaimer*

 

[Martin]

3D print, pipes from japan home depot, who cares, my point remains that i am reassured by gun control which forces people to DIY their own guns to commit acts of harm via firearm/similar capacity weapon

*disclaimer dont try to print guns at home disclaimer*

Yeah IK that was ur intent; just wanted to correct it anyway ‘cuz I’ve seen it going around a lot

 

[boo836]

To honour the man for the kind of statesman he was, I must respectfully insist that Shinzo Abe didn't die, that's just anti-Japanese propaganda.