{"id":5757,"date":"2022-07-09T00:45:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T00:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/tetsuya-yamagami-41-admits-to-shooting-former-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-news-urix-foreign-news-and-documentaries\/"},"modified":"2022-07-09T00:45:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T00:45:04","slug":"tetsuya-yamagami-41-admits-to-shooting-former-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-news-urix-foreign-news-and-documentaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/tetsuya-yamagami-41-admits-to-shooting-former-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-news-urix-foreign-news-and-documentaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Tetsuya Yamagami (41) admits to shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot twice during a speech in the city of Nara, campaigning for the Liberal Democratic Party. The incident took place at 11.30am on Friday morning, local time. Abe received several blood transfusions in an attempt to save his life, but still died a few hours later in the hospital. The gunshot wound reached all the way to the heart, according to a doctor at the hospital. 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami admits to having shot Abe, reports Reuters. The man is a former soldier and has explained that he was angry with an organization that he thought Abe was part of, but it should have nothing to do with his policy. The man must have been calm and numb during questioning. Video of the assassination and arrest. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida strongly condemns the attack. – I can not find words to describe this, he says, according to AFP. Shinzo Abe has been head of state in Japan for two terms. He is considered one of the most important politicians in Japan in modern times. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is shocked by the attack. – I’m missing words. I offer my deepest condolences and pray that his soul will rest in peace, says an emotional Kishida, according to AFP. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko \/ AP The weapon was homemade The incident happened while Abe was campaigning ahead of this weekend’s election to the upper house of the National Assembly. Pictures from the place show Abe on a stage, before a loud bang is heard, followed by smoke. Immediately after the bang, the perpetrator was laid on the ground by security personnel. Shinzo Abe on the podium in connection with an election campaign event shortly before he was shot. Photo: AP According to witnesses at the scene, the murder weapon made such a loud noise that it can be compared to an explosion. – He did not collapse after the first shot, but then came a loud bang. The second shot was more visible, you could see the spark and the smoke, says a witness. Yamagami Tetsuya when he was arrested. Photo: AP The weapon will be homemade and consist of two tubes wrapped with duct tape, writes the newspaper Kyodo. Japan has strict gun laws and is considered one of the safest countries in the world. The murder weapon is described as homemade and as “two pipes wrapped in duct tape”. Photo: Screenshot \/ AP Former soldier arrested Researcher at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment and Japanese expert, Petter Lindgren, describes the incident as shocking. – Japan is an incredibly peaceful and non-violent society. “Shocking” is probably the best word to describe it with, says Lindgren. The arrested perpetrator, Tetsuya Yamagami, is a former soldier in the navy. He joined the Japanese self-defense forces in 2005, after three years in service. Police in Nara, Japan, found several weapons and explosives as they searched his home. A man, probably Shinzo Abe, is taken to a hospital in Kashihara in the Nara region. Photo: KYODO \/ Reuters Divided opinions about Abe Shinzo Abe was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister when he resigned two years ago due to health problems. He was also the leader of the ruling LDP party. He was a conservative politician who fought to build a more active military and overthrow Japan’s pacifist constitution. Extra issue of the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun with news about the shooting is sold on the streets in Japan. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko \/ AP Researcher and Japanese expert Petter Lindgren says many have been divided in their view of Abe. – Many have supported him in reforming Japanese society and think he was a good prime minister. Others were strong opponents of the attempts to expand the framework of the self-defense forces, he says. Facts about Shinzo Abe Born September 21, 1954 Married to Akie Abe from 1987 Is Japan’s longest-serving prime minister Government terms: 2006\u20132007, and 2012\u20132020. Re-elected 2014 and 2017 Party leader for the Liberal Democratic Party LDP in the same period His resignation in 2020 was linked to a relapse of ulcerative colitis, a disease that led to his resignation as prime minister also in 2007. His father was Shintaro Abe, former top politician for LDP, and his mother was Yoko Kishi, daughter of former Prime Minister Nobosuke Kishi Abe is a political scientist at Seikei University (1977) and studied English and politics at the University of Southern California in 1978-79 Shinzo Abe was the longest-serving Prime Minister after World War II and is considered one of the most important politicians in Japan in modern times. Photo: Shizuo Kambayashi \/ AP The murder shakes the world Leaders around the world express grief, shock and dismay over the incident. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the thoughts are with Abe’s family and the Japanese people. The US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, says he is sad and shocked. He describes Abe as a unique leader and an unwavering ally of the United States. Germany’s Chancellor says he is appalled by the news of Abe’s death. – This deadly attack has shaken me and made me incredibly sad. I give my deepest sympathy to his family, my colleague Fumio Kishida and our Japanese friends, Scholz writes on Twitter. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg describes Japan’s former prime minister as a defender of democracy, and a friend and colleague for many years. Former Prime Minister Erna Solberg is shaken. Conservative leader Erna Solberg says she is shaken by the attack. Pictured here with Shinzo Abe at the climate summit in Paris in November 2015. Photo: Eivind Molde \/ news EU Council President Charles Michel calls it a cowardly attack. – Abe is a strong defender of democratic values, Michel writes in his declarations of sympathy. In Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro has ordered three days of national mourning. Bolsonaro has expressed that he is “furious and sad”.
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