Fatal gun violence is virtually unheard of in Japan. With a population of 125 million, the country had just 10 gun-related criminal cases last year.
in broad daylight Friday shocked a world that has come to associate Japan with relatively low crime and strict gun control.
Major universities have rifle clubs, and Japanese police are armed, but gun ownership rights have been a distant issue for decades. Even police rarely resort to firing their pistols. "Japanese people are in a state of shock," said Shiro Kawamoto, professor at the College of Risk Management at Nihon University in Tokyo.Abe was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech Friday in Nara in western Japan. He was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment but was not breathing and his heart had stopped. He was pronounced dead later at the hospital.
The last high-profile shooting occurred in 2019, when a former gang member was shot at a karaoke venue in Tokyo.
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