Former Japanese PM Shot. (Update: He has expired.)

[Zachowon]

Abe was shot by a shotgun

Shinzo Abe shooting: former Japanese prime minister attacked during speech - NewsBreak

Former PM collapses after being shot during campaign speech ahead of upper house elections on Sunday

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[Arch Dornan]

Holy shit.

This is going to be like that time a Japanese ultranationalist stabbed that statesman and got the pulitzer for?

 

[WolfBear]

What a huge tragedy. I hope that he will recover.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Abe was shot by a shotgun

Shinzo Abe shooting: former Japanese prime minister attacked during speech - NewsBreak

Former PM collapses after being shot during campaign speech ahead of upper house elections on Sunday

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What the Hell? Why would someone shoot the former Prime Minister of Japan?

 

[Sergeant Foley]

What a huge tragedy. I hope that he will recover.

Watching Fox News right now.

 

[WolfBear]

What the Hell? Why would someone shoot the former Prime Minister of Japan?

Could be a nutso who disagreed with his politics or something like that. Or maybe a nutso who wanted attention. Think of John Hinckley's shooting of Ronald Reagan slightly over forty years ago. In his case, he did it to impress Jodie Foster.

 

[Zachowon]

Some 40 year old man shot him with a homemade shotgun.
Japanese man at that

 

[TheRomanSlayer]

Cripes. We're not sure what was the motive of the nutjob who shot former Prime Minister Abe.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Cripes. We're not sure what was the motive of the nutjob who shot former Prime Minister Abe.

I turned it on Fox News and was shocked.

 

[Arch Dornan]

Some 40 year old man shot him with a homemade shotgun.
Japanese man at that

When someone is determined they'll use even a rock from a public garden to do it.

 

[TheRomanSlayer]

Only thing is, we don't know if Abe pissed off the ultranationalist enough to end up shot, or the assassin could have come from the left wing factions. BTW, which part of the body did the assassin shot Abe in? If it was either the liver or the lung, that's the worst case scenario.

 

[WolfBear]

Only thing is, we don't know if Abe pissed off the ultranationalist enough to end up shot, or the assassin could have come from the left wing factions. BTW, which part of the body did the assassin shot Abe in? If it was either the liver or the lung, that's the worst case scenario.

Both neck and heart, I think.

 

[Cherico]

like to note that Japan has some of the strongest gun control laws on the planet and is an Island so smuggling weapons is a lot harder.

 

[Free-Stater 101]

First Boris resigns, Second Abe is close to death/dead. While I honestly dislike either individual I am hoping this pattern doesn't continue into the U.S. political sector.

 

[Captain X]

Abe was shot by a shotgun

Shinzo Abe shooting: former Japanese prime minister attacked during speech - NewsBreak

Former PM collapses after being shot during campaign speech ahead of upper house elections on Sunday

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That's what he gets for saying anime was a mistake.

 

[Cherico]

First Boris resigns, Second Abe is close to death/dead. While I honestly dislike either individual I am hoping this pattern doesn't continue into the U.S. political sector.

Its going to be a shitty decade.

 

[Buba]

Its going to be a shitty decade.

First said by Ugruk of Bearcave Clan in 25 kya ...

Things ain't what they used to be Old Man noises from Buba

 

[PsihoKekec]

Its going to be a shitty decade.

It already is.

 

[Arch Dornan]

like to note that Japan has some of the strongest gun control laws on the planet and is an Island so smuggling weapons is a lot harder.

That's why I said if someone's determined they'll think of something and make a weapon to kill even if it means just crashing into someone with a car.

 

[Free-Stater 101]

That's what he gets for saying anime was a mistake.

Too soon my friend. He has passed of his wounds.

Shinzo Abe, former Japanese leader, is assassinated by gunman

Abe is officially dead, my condolences to the Japanese people even if I disliked him personally that doesn't mean I relish in his death or the trouble it will undoubtedly stir.