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> targeted political assassination do we really know already?

• pjc50 4y ago
  You can infer that from who the victim is and no other information. It's not exactly "was shot accidentally in a convenience store robbery".
• permo-w 4y ago
  how are you defining targeted?
• waffleiron 4y ago
  > Police say the suspect told investigators that he was dissatisfied with the former prime minister and intended to kill him. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220708_37/ https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220708_37/
• hnbad 4y ago
  You're right. Maybe the guy with the homemade shotgun just shot the ex-PM by accident while trying to engage in unrelated gun crimes at a public appearance of the ex-PM -- or maybe he wanted to shoot him for non-political reasons (scorned lover?). We can't know for sure that this was a targeted political assassination attempt.