Mr Abe, who was 67, bled to death after sustaining two deep wounds, a doctor from Nara Medical University Hospital says.
  • thervingi
    12·
    3 years ago

    Yamagami told investigators that he was dissatisfied with the former prime minister and intended to kill him.

    Lost in translation or understatement of the day?

    Also I’m impressed how fast wikipedia editors change is to was.

  • pingveno
    3·
    3 years ago

    I was just listening to a discussion of the assassination this morning (my morning). Apparently Japan has up until now been so bereft of political violence that it is common for even prominent politicians like Abe to have minimal security and maximum exposure to their constituents. There have certainly been protests before, but they didn’t descend into violence. In terms of gun deaths overall, they typically number in the double or single digits per year for the entire country. Unfortunately, this will likely mark a change in how Japanese politicians interface with their citizens.

      • pingveno
        2·
        3 years ago

        Fair enough. Maybe I’m mostly thinking of how they compare with the US and its poor record in this area. Seems like a lot of this comes from ultra-nationalists of some stripe, no?