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Update from NHK: The apprehended suspect is identified as Tetsuya Yamagami (41), a Nara resident. According to sources from the defense ministry, he was employ
by Legogris 4y ago
Update from NHK:
The apprehended suspect is identified as Tetsuya Yamagami (41), a Nara resident. According to sources from the defense ministry, he was employed by the Maritime Self-Defense Forces for ~3y until 2005. Weapon seems to be homemade.
No updates on Abe's status since a 13:30 update from the local fire department. He's injured in chest- and neck areas, has internal bleeding and did not show vital signs.
14:40: PM Kishida arrived at the PM residence by helicopter ~10minutes ago and is currently in discussions. A press conference is expected soon.
14:46: Police: Suspect Yamagami says he was frustrated with what ex-PM Abe was doing and approached him with the intent of killing him.
14:49: Live announcement from (a doubly understandably very sweaty and intermittently sobbing but surprisingly composed) PM Kishida: Abe is in critical condition. Hopes and prayers. Elections are ongoing. Unforgivable act. Doctors are working hard to save Abe. Not appropriate to address the political situation at this moment and I am not comfortable to do so. Cabinet members convening in Tokyo and work to be ready for any outcome. I do not have full information to be able to make any further detailed comments.
- res0nat0r 4y agoShizno Abe has died: https://twitter.com/myhlee/status/1545329491362598914 https://twitter.com/myhlee/status/1545329491362598914 Terrible.
- Legogris 4y ago~17:50: Ex-PM Abe officially pronounced dead.
- frays 4y agoDevastating news. Rest in peace.
- phantomathkg 4y agoexact time, 17:03. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-ex-prime-minister-abe-may-have-been-shot-taken-hospital-nhk-2022-07-08/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-ex-prime-mi...
- throwaway_1928 4y agoShinzo Abe's Death Celebrated in China: 'Open Champagne!' https://www.newsweek.com/shinzo-abes-death-celebrated-china-1723012 https://www.newsweek.com/shinzo-abes-death-celebrated-china-...
- zeruch 4y agoI'm sure the feeling will be quite mutual when Xi takes a his last Pooh-bear moment. The acrimony between China and Japan has never really abated as much as contorted into ever more passive-aggressive forms of theater. Sometimes its just dumbfounding.
- threatofrain 4y agoLink is broken. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2022-07-08/former-japan-pm-abe-collapses-after-shots-heard?srnd=premium https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2022-07-08/former-j...
- mgdlbp 4y agoSince when did news sites retract by memory-holing? Not even a 410... Archive of originally submitted link (archive.org crawler was blocked for 'unusual traffic'): https://archive.today/2022.07.08-043358/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-08/former-japan-pm-abe-collapses-after-shots-heard-man-in-custody https://archive.today/2022.07.08-043358/https://www.bloomber... / https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kqDaI6dBYPgJ:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-08/former-japan-pm-abe-unconscious-after-shooting-man-in-custody https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://webcache.googleusercon... Edit: Some parts of the original text are in their new article at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-08/abe-in-grave-condition-as-attack-on-ex-leader-shocks-japan https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-08/abe-in-gr...
- cobbzilla 4y agoActively evolving entry on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Shinzo_Abe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Shinzo_Abe