Japan Former PM Abe assassinated
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@MiketheSnow said in Japan Former PM Abe assassinated:
@Donsteppa said in Japan Former PM Abe assassinated:
After the last three and a half years I didn't think there was much left in public events that could genuinely shock or surprise. But this very much does. Very sad news indeed.
Especially from a country like Japan with almost zero civil unrest and 'public' nutjobs
Sadly, they have their share of nutters like most other countries, e.g. the loonie cult which killed 15 or so people using nerve gas a decade or so ago.
But use of guns is pretty unheard of and that's whats shocking.
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Police are prelim saying killing is NOT politically motivated.
Huh? It sure doesn’t appear to be random. (Maybe he thinks Abe was his daddy or his ex-girlfriend has a crush??)
And here’s a clearer image of this homemade weapon, double-barrelled.
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@Kid-Chocolate hearing it on the footage, that sounded quite different (powerful) compared to any typical hand held firearm.
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Apparently assassin is ex Martime self-defense (Navy); Japan national elections are in two days, July 10th. Candidates are postponing campaigning. Current PM addressed media, he looks really shaken.
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@Kid-Chocolate said in Japan Former PM Abe assassinated:
Apparently assassin is ex Martime self-defense (Navy); Japan national elections are in two days, July 10th. Candidates are postponing campaigning. Current PM addressed media, he looks really shaken.
Kishida and Abe weren’t ideologically aligned and had different support bases within the LDP but from reports they did get along. Kishida was Foreign Minister under Abe
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Seems like it was a 3D printed one-use thing.
I was out in Tokyo tonight, and although it was the main opening point of discussion, people didn’t seem to be too worried about it - it is just another shocking thing to happen - and there have been many lately (such as the Copenhagen shooting last week which got lots of media play).
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Police confiscating all sorts of crazy homemade weapons from the assassin’s home. Here’s one with nine barrels, electrically wired…
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Security detail caught napping.
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@Kid-Chocolate Looks like a typical noob to me.