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former PM Shinzo Abe is showing no vital signs following the gun attack on him
2022-07-08
[NPR and Many]
Two shots with a homemade shotgun while he was giving a speech. Killer was 41 and suspected mob connections
See also here.

Then China jumps up and calls for the death of anybody who doesn't support reunification of Taiwan and China saying this should be an example for those people.


Posted by:3dc

#28  Any life is better than the one Klaus Schwab wants for us...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-07-08 17:17  

#27  My respect to Shinzo Abe. May he enjoy his new Isekai life!
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2022-07-08 17:11  

#26  
#17 I can't imagine sending Harris to a State funeral.

Except her own of course.


What make you think she would get one?
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2022-07-08 15:24  

#25  #10 I heard Biden asked how Mrs Lincoln was doing
Posted by: Beavis   2022-07-08 13:27  

#24  ^^^
False flags and cut outs my friend. I recall a case of the recruitment of an American to unknowingly spy for the Soviet Union by an initial recruitment meeting staged in the cafeteria of the CIA back when access to the building was less controlled.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-07-08 13:25  

#23  Nothing is impossible. But a pro-china japanese is very unlikely...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-07-08 13:02  

#22  Abe Shinzo Spent His Last Days Advocating for Defending Taiwan from a Belligerent China

Breitbart Headline. He was campaigning for Taiwan Defense and Military Buildup - the reach of the CCP cannot be overstated, althought often unseen or through cut-outs.

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2022/07/08/abe-shinzo-spent-his-last-days-advocating-defending-taiwan-belligerent-china/
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-07-08 13:01  

#21  Abe retired a few years ago. Why shoot him now?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-07-08 11:31  

#20  Whole different ballgame now.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2022-07-08 10:49  

#19  china didn't fare too well in their last confrontation with japan.
Posted by: irish rage boy   2022-07-08 10:37  

#18  From Skidmark’s article:

Yamagami had been working for the Maritime Self-Defense Force for three years until around 2005.

The other posted article now has close-up photos of gun: two plumbing pipes thoroughly duct-taped to a length of 1x4” wood, attached to what I believe is a one-point sling. The pipes appear capped at the back end.

Donald Trump tweeted about the shooting shortly after midnight, apparently. Ditto Mike Pence, who added prayers and a nice photo of him speaking with Shinzo Abe.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-07-08 10:16  

#17  I can't imagine sending Harris to a State funeral.

Except her own of course.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-07-08 09:29  

#16  Doesn't require 3d printing -- some basic plumbing parts and a spring is all. Shotguns are extremely simple.

Despite mob ties, I wouldn't leave China out of the investigation.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-07-08 09:20  

#15  3D printed parts, some tape and slapdash machined barrels. Double barrels came off in the melee. Gun could be assembled and disassembled for easy access. All I got.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-07-08 08:44  

#14  Yes. There's this notion Japan is antiseptic. It's not like that at all...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-07-08 08:28  

#13  "...and suspected mob connections."

Shooter and victim known to each other?
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-07-08 08:24  

#12  ^ The prexident doesn't even get up for his pudding cup until 10 am...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-07-08 08:22  

#11  I can't imagine sending Harris to a State funeral.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-07-08 08:21  

#10  As of a few minutes ago, the President of the United States has yet to say a single goddamned word about this.

I, however, have a word. 'Disgraceful'.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-07-08 08:20  

#9  Single use, you don't have to get fancy. Re-usable, you need to be a bit more elaborate. The one in the video from Japan went off like an elephant gun. I'm guessing it was a hand-load.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-07-08 07:49  

#8  Homemade single shot 12ga
Because of OBAMA/Holder, a lot of people learned to make their own .

Lowes & Home Depot both sell all the parts to make a Homemade single shot 12ga in about 1 hr. for under $20.

NOTE: I would strongly suggest, purchasing the added adhesive thick foam Pipe Insulation avoid some serious hand stinging. ☺


Posted by: NN2N1   2022-07-08 07:45  

#7  So "Japanese neo-militarism" will be China's "Nazis"?

Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-07-08 07:38  

#6  Homemade shotgun, AKA "ghost gun." Boy, laws really stopped that from happening.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-07-08 06:46  

#5  Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated during campaign speech, hospital officials confirm
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-07-08 06:09  

#4  Could it be related to his stance on Taiwan? A sign of something else to come soon?

Killer is one Yamagami, ex japo navy. Says he hated him for his 'policies'. What policies? Abe was a nice enough guy.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-07-08 05:10  

#3  48 hour rule. Thus far they’re still fighting to keep him alive, according to the Daily Mail at the other link.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-07-08 04:22  

#2  Actually Thai media so salt is needed…
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2022-07-08 02:33  

#1  Japanese media announced his death.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2022-07-08 02:16  

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