Posted on 04/18/2023 11:45:45 AM PDT by Twotone
A pipe bomb was thrown at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a speech in Western Japan, but security guards quickly reacted to protect the politician, multiple outlets report.
Witnesses say they saw an object that appeared to be a thin, metal thermos that flew and landed near the prime minister, believed to be a homemade pipe bomb, ABC News has reported. The incident comes just nine months after the former Japanese prime minister was assassinated.
In footage posted by the Daily Wire, the bomb bounces toward the prime minister until a bodyguard blocks it with his briefcase and kicks it away before ushering the leader out of the area. At the same time, the security guard unfolds the briefcase into a protective shield, which is believed to be bulletproof.
Another angle on the incident shows security personnel as they wrestle the suspect to the ground after he allegedly threw "the suspicious object," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno described.
Spanish outlet Marca described the scene as a campaign stop at a fishing port in Western Japan, where the prime minister was standing with his back to the crowd until his security detail pointed out the explosive device.
Authorities, including uniformed and plainclothes officers, tackled a man wearing a white surgical mask as he held a second device, a long silver tube. From this angle, the explosion from the first alleged pipe bomb is heard off-screen.
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Fast acting security!................
Yikes! That’s not good at all! Japan is the last place where the civilized world wants to see instability.
A lot of thid in Japan lately.
I heard it was a smoke bomb
Yeah, a lot of thid is bad.
Watchd a couple videos on this a few days ago....loved how thir security responded....didn’t matter how many knees he had on his chest or if he could breath he was gowing down hard.
The assassination of leaders has a long history in Japan. Even Admirals and Generals were at risk from junior officers in WW2.
Serious question, what is triggering these events there? Anyone know, or has heard?
I haven’t heard much of anything going on in Japan recently, but I haven’t been seeking such news out. I think pretty much everyone throughout the world is PO’d about something, & some folks are starting to do something about it.
note the bullet proof shieldcase the BG opened to shield the client...
good work
I was talking to some friends last night about how much thid has been in Japan lately.
But, but, Japan has the strictest gun laws. We were told that once everyone got rid of guns it would be rainbows and unicorns.
Or maybe liberals are idiots.
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