Posted on 07/08/2022 4:38:47 AM PDT by FarCenter
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot on Friday, the hospital treating him has confirmed.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, was 67. Doctors said he died at 5:03 p.m. Japan time.
Abe was shot at about 11:30 a.m. while delivering a street speech in the western city of Nara ahead of Sunday's upper house election.
He was rushed to Nara Medical University Hospital by helicopter, arriving at 12:20 p.m. in a state of cardiac arrest. A doctor at the hospital told reporters that Abe had two gunshot wounds to the neck, with one "reaching to the heart." No bullets were found in his body, the doctor said. The hospital tried to stop the bleeding and administered blood transfusions, but the doctor said Abe "died of blood loss."
After Abe's death was confirmed, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters that he was "truly sorry" and had "no words."
"Prime Minister Abe held the heavy responsibility of prime minister of Japan, guiding the country in a difficult domestic and international situation with his outstanding leadership and ability to execute," Kishida said.
The Nara Prefectural Police arrested a 41-year-old man, identified as local resident Tetsuya Yamagami, at the scene. Video footage showed officers tackling the man, and what appeared to be a weapon on the pavement. Japanese news agency Kyodo was reporting that the suspected gunman is a former member of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Officials from Abe's Liberal Democratic Party said the former prime minister was attacked from behind, and initially that the weapon seemed to be a shotgun. Police later told public broadcaster NHK that it was a handmade gun.
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The first firearms can be traced back to 10th century China. The Chinese were the first to invent gunpowder, and historians typically credit the first guns as being weapons the Chinese called fire lances.
The fire lance was a metal or bamboo tube attached to the end of a spear. The tube was filled with powder and shrapnel, which was then set off at the beginning of a battle to try and gain an advantage. It worked like a combination of a flamethrower and a shotgun, expelling flames and pellets at the enemy target. Fire lances gradually became closer in concept to shotguns as powder improved.
https://www.ammunitiondepot.com/blog/gun-history-when-was-the-first-gun-made#:~:text=The%20first%20firearms%20can%20be,the%20end%20of%20a%20spear.
Probably already have.
He was in the Maritime Self Defense Force 2003 to 2005.
Fukushima happened in 2011, after he was out.
“It’s a slow humiliating dangle and strangle.”
Another habit must have been picked up from the G.I.s during the occupation.
Hardly.
Most of the world is a slow dangle and strangle.
In Iran, to cite just one example of many, the condemned are hoisted up by crane so the people in back of the crowd get the full show of the victim, eyes bugging out, face swollen and purple, anguished choking, kicking and flailing.
It makes a better object lesson...
...more popcorn, anyone?
At the end of WWII, the US performed its war executions in slow fashion, in stark contrast with the Brits who finished them off quickly. Kind of a statement...
Abe was not well liked by a majority of Japanese . His push for TPP and “Abenomics” economic plan were big issues for so many Japanese and his raising the consumption tax was a national disgrace and complete failure when you look at the results today.
He was not well liked by the majority of Japanese . His push for TPP and his “ Abenomics “ economic plan were big issues for many Japanese and his raising the consumption tax was a national disgrace and complete failure when you look at the results today.
Yeah.. I remember Abenomics.. :P
Well, may he rest in peace now.
Do a search on “Luty”. Name of a British guy who tried to show how worthless gun control was by building a submachine gun from stuff at the local hardware store and common tools.
Where are you in Hawaii ? We’ve been to the Big Island 3 times . Loved it .
Unfortunately, I am in Honolulu (edge of Waikiki).
Where did you live when in Japan ?
"Where did you live when in Japan ?"
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