Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe was killed Friday by an assassin.
“We are all saddened and shocked by the shooting of former prime minister Abe Shinzo,” US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said in a statement.
The assassin targetted Abe as he was speaking around 11:30 a.m. local time and one man, believed to be the shooter has been taken into custody.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s special advisor Gen Nakatani told reporters “terror or violence can never be tolerated,” Jiji reported.
Witnesses say that two shots were fired and that Abe, 67, collapsed after the second.
Abe spoke out against communism and China while being a strong friend to the West. The shooter’s motives are unclear, but political motivation is suspected.
Firearms are extremely difficult to get in Japan, but not impossible. The firearm is believed to be homemade as several others were found in his home.
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