Assassination of Shinzo Abe
2022 killing of former Japanese prime minister / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 8 July 2022, former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe was killed after being shot twice in the chest and neck during a campaign speech near in Nara, Japan.[3]
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Location | Near Yamato-Saidaiji Station, Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan |
Date | 8 July 2022 (2022-07-08) c. 11:30 JST (UTC+9:00) |
Attack type | Murder by shooting, assassination |
Weapons | Homemade shotgun[1] |
Deaths | 1 |
Victim | Shinzo Abe |
Motive | A grudge against the Unification Church, with which Abe was connected[2] |
Accused | Tetsuya Yamagami |
Charges | Murder gun law violations |
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His assassination was the first of a former Japanese prime minister since Saitō Makoto and Takahashi Korekiyo during the February 26 Incident in 1936, as well as the first of a former G7 leader since Italy's Aldo Moro in 1978.[4]