Hearse Carrying Abe's Body Leaves Nara Hospital

Описание: ▶️ A hearse carrying the body of slain former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for Tokyo from the hospital, July 9, 2022.

👉A motorcade carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived Saturday at his home in the Japanese capital, as police in the western city of Nara where he was assassinated said there had been security flaws.

Mourners gathered at his residence and at the scene of Friday's attack in Nara, where Japan's longest-serving modern leader was gunned down in a rare act of political violence while making a campaign speech. The country's political establishment called the killing an attack on democracy itself.

Police arrested a 41-year-old man immediately after Abe was shot at close range, they said the suspect had used a homemade gun. The police force manning the campaign event said Saturday that security arrangements had been flawed.

"We can't deny that there were problems with the security plan given how things ended," Nara prefectorial police chief Tomoaki Onizuka told a news conference.

"I feel a grave sense of responsibility," he said, adding that police would analyze what exactly went wrong and implement any necessary changes.

Elections for seats in Japan's upper house of parliament are going ahead as scheduled Sunday.

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