Shinzo Abe Assassination

[Exigent Circumcisions]

Nature is healing.

 

[apolloday]

My question is to Motive. Why killed Abe, who resigned from PM and the Party in 2020, who held no power, had rectal ulsors and was essentially in public to spruik a candidate. Why assassinate an aging politician after they left office?

According to a japanese article I read Abe was only confirmed to appear about a week prior. I don't know if it was assumed that Abe would attend but considering the assassin was a resident of Nara and he probably had the gun before then he may have just been looking to shoot someone at the event and chose Abe because he was the most high-profile. Or maybe he just wanted to shoot someone and the opportunity presented itself. Who knows.

 

[AMERIMUTT1776]

He was a cuck who betrayed the nationalists but damn thats still crazy he died

 

[Smity Werbenjagermanjensen]

he probably had the gun before then he may have just been looking to shoot someone at the event and chose Abe because he was the most high-profile. Or maybe he just wanted to shoot someone and the opportunity presented itself. Who knows.

Wouldn't surprise me, a far few assassinations actually turn out to be more or less this without an actual motive besides "Wanted to kill someone that day and went for the most high profile person."

Also expecting his death to be made official within the next hour.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Maybe it was a typo and it was a SHOGUN who killed Abe and we’re about to get Sengoku jidai boogaloo

 

[UnknownCloser]

The official reason for death being a "Cardiac Event" would be the most typically Japanese thing ever.

 

[TheClappening]

Maybe it was a typo and it was a SHOGUN who killed Abe and we’re about to get Sengoku jidai boogaloo

Isn't the last surviving descendent of Nobunaga Oda a figure skater? The war would be boring.

 

[Gina Gillotti]

Apart from the distinctly low key armament of the security here, just look at the shooter here. I initially thought this was a sling but no it is just the bag where I guess he got his weapon from, he is tossing it to the ground but has a remarkably neutral expression on his face and looks pretty relaxed in this moment. His clothes are clean as is he, he doesn't look really crazy nor certainly physically imposing, he's someone you wouldn't think twice passing on the street. Of some of these things are hard to read across cultures, but I found it striking in this image in particular.

 

[TheClappening]

Another angle of the shooting. Can't figure out how to download the video for archiving so if someone less dumb than me can do the honors

https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000260700.html

 

[FFinfo]

Oh, right, @Null since I didn't see him tagged. I'd argue this is a certified Happening™

 

[No0neKnows]

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This is the shooter being tackled, I so se anything in his hands so I'm going to assume that box thing at his feet is the weapon. Is this some kind of slam shotgun?

"hehe i will just ride my bike "

also there's this anime that really focus on guns and men being killed, and nips are discussing if it should air or not lol
リコリス・リコイル

a politician died on the first episode


they take this really seriously for example when kyoani was burned to the ground one anime in particular stopped being broadcasted for a while because its main theme was "fire "

 

[Thiletonomics]

they take this really seriously for example when kyoani was burned to the ground one anime in particular stopped being broadcasted for a while because its main theme was "fire "

Was that ban just as ridiculous, or worse/not as bad, as when Beavis and Butthead retconned Beavis being a pyromaniac?

 

[ShoFuKan]

For those that speak Japanese, AAN is going over the case. He's being moved between stations I think.

Shot of him behind Shinzo.

 

[Golden Boy]

Another angle of the shooting.

Man fuck that umbrella. It looks like he only got shot on the second shot, but it's hard to tell. I'm sure there's clearer footage to come.

 

[lakyus]

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Apart from the distinctly low key armament of the security here, just look at the shooter here. I initially thought this was a sling but no it is just the bag where I guess he got his weapon from, he is tossing it to the ground but has a remarkably neutral expression on his face and looks pretty relaxed in this moment. His clothes are clean as is he, he doesn't look really crazy nor certainly physically imposing, he's someone you wouldn't think twice passing on the street. Of some of these things are hard to read across cultures, but I found it striking in this image in particular.

His mask isn't covering his nose, he needs to face death penalty.

 

[apolloday]

Another angle of the shooting. Can't figure out how to download the video for archiving so if someone less dumb than me can do the honors

https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000260700.html

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Interesting, they obviously cut off the actual shooting because I also saw footage from the same angle that included the shooter in the background looking to cross the street.

 

[Big Brown Schlub]

The official reason for death being a "Cardiac Event" would be the most typically Japanese thing ever.

If it happened a few years back it would've been marked as a COVID death.

 

[A_throwaway_name62919]

Was that ban just as ridiculous, or worse/not as bad, as when Beavis and Butthead retconned Beavis being a pyromaniac?

Nah, it wasn't particularly bad. The series was delayed for a week and they made some minor edits to the fire color and the narration.

 

[ShoFuKan]

Summary for those that know the runes.

 

[Naidyonov]

Another angle of the shooting. Can't figure out how to download the video for archiving so if someone less dumb than me can do the honors

https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000260700.html

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Here you go, Champ.