8th July 2022 Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in a public street by a thug. The incident surprised both intellectuals and the general public around the world. Because how is it possible to kill the Prime Minister who has just left power by avoiding the security fence of a developed country like Japan? In addition, ordinary citizens are prohibited from possessing firearms in Japan.
On the other hand, many did not think such an event would happen in a developed country like Japan. It was unimaginable that the world would see this kind of barbarism in the modern world of the 21st century. In 1986, the suicide attack of the then Prime Minister of Sweden was the last time the world saw such brutality.
In addition to the head of state of America, Canada, Britain, France, etc., India also observed national mourning in this incident. Abe's death has also been mourned among the general public in India due to the long-standing good relations between India and Japan.
However, in the case of Shinzo Abe's assassination, the opposite picture can be seen in a number of countries such as China and South Korea. The people there rejoiced over the death of the late former Japanese Prime Minister.
Reasons for Shinzo Abe's assassination
Shinzo Abe was the leader of Japan's LDP party. He was campaigning for the LDP candidate in the upcoming Japanese elections. A 41-year-old man attacked Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun at around 11.30 am. The killer's name is Tetsuya Yamagami. Tetsuya Yamagami formerly served in the Japanese Navy.
Tetsuya Yamagami said he did not kill Shinzo Abe for any political reason. He (Tetsuya Yamagami) said that he had no disagreement with the political views and actions of the former Japanese head of state. Rather, Tetsuya Yamagami said that his mother had donated a lot of money to a religious organization as the reason for the murder.
Incidentally, Shinzo Abe supported and supported that religious organization. Yamagami also said that he first planned to kill the head of the religious organization but when that plan did not materialize, he killed Shinzo Abe (Shinzo Abe).
