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Title: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Gefn on July 08, 2022, 03:16:41 am
Breaking


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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.

A sound like a gunshot was heard at the time, and a male suspect was detained at the scene, NHK said. An NHK reporter on the scene said they could hear two consecutive bangs during Abe's speech.

Kyodo News said the former premier was not conscious and appeared to be in cardiac arrest.


https://news.yahoo.com/japan-ex-prime-minister-abe-025620584.html
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Gefn on July 08, 2022, 03:18:22 am
Former Japanese PM Abe Shinzo collapses


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Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo collapsed in the western city of Nara at around 11: 30 a.m.

Abe was making a speech on the street. An NHK reporter says Abe was bleeding. The reporter heard what sounded like a gun going off.
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https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220708_17/
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Gefn on July 08, 2022, 03:19:21 am
Story is blowing up on all media - reports don’t look good.

It’s just breaking
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Gefn on July 08, 2022, 03:21:02 am
Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK


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TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.

A sound like a gunshot was heard at the time, and a male suspect was detained at the scene, NHK said. An NHK reporter on the scene said they could hear two consecutive bangs during Abe's speech.

Kyodo News said the former premier was not conscious and appeared to be in cardiac arrest.



https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-ex-prime-minister-abe-may-have-been-shot-taken-hospital-nhk-2022-07-08/
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Gefn on July 08, 2022, 03:24:36 am
Former Japan PM Abe Unconscious After Shooting; Man in Custody

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was unconscious and unresponsive after he was apparently shot in the chest during a political event in the western city of Nara on Friday, national broadcaster NHK and local media reports said.

Abe, 67, was apparently shot in the chest, national broadcaster NHK said, adding a man had been apprehended at the scene. The suspect appeared to be a young or middle-aged man, an NHK reporter said.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-08/former-japan-pm-abe-collapses-after-shots-heard-man-in-custody

Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Ghost Bear on July 08, 2022, 03:33:29 am
Bookmarking... very curious to find out what the shooter's motive might have been.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Sighlass on July 08, 2022, 03:55:01 am
Don't hear of many political assassination attempts there... Also wonder what it is all about. Motive
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Cyber Liberty on July 08, 2022, 05:15:24 am
I guess he's dead?
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 05:32:48 am
I guess he's dead?

Not officially announced .... but he was shot in the back at close range with a sawed-off shotgun.  He had no vital signs when transported to the hospital.

Awful, just awful.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 05:37:42 am
The shooter..... 41,  former member of the navy self-defense force

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXHqt98WQAA_eqr?format=jpg&name=small)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXHqwXAXgAE2EW1?format=jpg&name=small)
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 05:40:26 am
The weapon.....

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXHfUlgagAAe7FA?format=jpg&name=small)
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 05:44:18 am
The shooting (Brief video)

https://rumble.com/embed/v18ve4j/?pub=4
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 05:46:43 am
(https://images.indianexpress.com/2022/07/abe-shooting.jpg?w=389)



Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 05:48:38 am
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXHp8X1XgAAy19U?format=jpg&name=small)
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 05:59:49 am
Jack Posobiec
@Jack Posoibec

Japan's elections set to take place in 3 days

11:37 PM · Jul 7, 2022·Twitter Web App
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 06:07:16 am
(https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/donald-trump-angela-merkel-g7-summit.jpg?quality=85&w=2405)
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 06:18:01 am
20 min ago
01.56

Shinzo Abe in 'critical condition' - prime minister Fumio Kishida

Prime minister Fumio Kishida is now taking questions from media.

He says Shinzo Abe is in a critical condition.

“Currently doctors are doing everything they can, at this moment. I am hoping and praying that former prime minister Abe will survive this,” he says.

He describes the shooting as a “heinous act”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/jul/08/shinzo-abe-shot-live-news-former-japan-prime-minister-feared-dead-shooting-japanese-pm-attack-speech

@Cyber Liberty
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Gefn on July 08, 2022, 06:27:00 am
Not officially announced .... but he was shot in the back at close range with a sawed-off shotgun.  He had no vital signs when transported to the hospital.

Awful, just awful.

Doesn’t look good. Prayers for him and his family.


My phone is beeping off alerts again- “grave condition”

Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: catfish1957 on July 08, 2022, 09:16:56 am
Doesn’t look good. Prayers for him and his family.


My phone is beeping off alerts again- “grave condition”

Several reports from sources now say he died.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Smokin Joe on July 08, 2022, 09:57:40 am
The weapon.....

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXHfUlgagAAe7FA?format=jpg&name=small)
That looks less like a sawed off shotgun and more like a home made one.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Kamaji on July 08, 2022, 10:12:19 am
That looks less like a sawed off shotgun and more like a home made one.

Indeed.  At first I thought it looked like a pipe bomb of some sort. 
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: American Girl on July 08, 2022, 11:41:53 am
They killed him!

They're taking out their enemies. Sicking out their pawns.

 A picture is worth 1000 words. At least.

The article states that he also called out Zelensky and his stupid decisions on Russia.

https://www.usasupreme.com/a-picture-of-shinzo-abe-standing-with-donald-trump-against-the-globalists-puts-what-happened-today-in-context/
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Hoodat on July 08, 2022, 01:14:20 pm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXHp8X1XgAAy19U?format=jpg&name=small)

Still no statement from the White House.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Hoodat on July 08, 2022, 01:16:13 pm
Nevermind.  Finally issued a statement:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/08/statement-by-president-biden-on-the-killing-of-former-japanese-prime-minister-abe-shinzo/
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Kamaji on July 08, 2022, 01:19:57 pm
He passed away.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Hoodat on July 08, 2022, 01:24:58 pm
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot dead

Jessie Yeung, Rhea Mogul, Helen Regan, Rob Picheta, Amy Woodyatt, Ed Upright, and Aditi Sangal - CNN  |  Updated 9:16 a.m. ET, July 8, 2022


US President Joe Biden said he was “stunned, outraged, and deeply saddened" by the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday.  .  .

https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/shinzo-abe-japan-pm-collapses-nara-07-08-22-intl-hnk/index.html
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Hoodat on July 08, 2022, 01:29:19 pm
Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, assassinated at a campaign stop

Satoshi Sugiyama and Chang-Ran Kim


NARA, Japan, July 8 (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country wherepolitical violence had become almost unthinkable.

Abe, 67, was pronounced dead around five and a half hours after the shooter opened fire on him from behind as he spoke to members of the public from a drab traffic island in the western city of Nara. Authorities arrested a 41-year-old man. Japanese media reported that the weapon appeared to be a homemade gun.

"I am simply speechless over the news of Abe's death," Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Abe's protege, told reporters.

Earlier, as Abe still lay in hospital where doctors tried to revive him, Kishida struggled to keep his emotions in check.

"This attack is an act of brutality that happened during the elections - the very foundation of our democracy - and is absolutely unforgivable," he said.  .  .

.  .  .  Abe was taken to hospital in cardiopulmonary arrest and showing no vital signs. He was declared dead at 5:03 p.m. (0803 GMT), having bled to death from deep wounds to the heart and the right side of his neck.

He had received more than 100 units of blood in transfusions over four hours, Hidetada Fukushima, the professor in charge of emergency medicine at Nara Medical University Hospital, told a televised news conference.

NHK quoted the suspected shooter, identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, as telling police he was dissatisfied with Abe and wanted to kill him. The suspect told police he had made multiple handmade explosives and guns in the past, NHK said.  .  .

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-ex-prime-minister-abe-may-have-been-shot-taken-hospital-nhk-2022-07-08/
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Cyber Liberty on July 08, 2022, 01:40:17 pm
(https://www.usasupreme.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/japan-pm-abe-trump-globalists.jpg)
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: libertybele on July 08, 2022, 01:59:21 pm
They killed him!

They're taking out their enemies. Sicking out their pawns.

 A picture is worth 1000 words. At least.

The article states that he also called out Zelensky and his stupid decisions on Russia.

https://www.usasupreme.com/a-picture-of-shinzo-abe-standing-with-donald-trump-against-the-globalists-puts-what-happened-today-in-context/

You are absolutely correct @American Girl !!!  The comment about Zelensky is also very revealing and hopefully will open some eyes.

I pray for the family of Abe and for the people of Japan. Prayers up for Trump and his family.

The intent of our former President to stop globalization and to stop the 'Great Reset' is very obvious.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mountaineer on July 08, 2022, 02:03:19 pm
Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated, dies at 67 after campaign shooting
Celina Tebor
USA TODAY

Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister , died at the age of 67 Friday after being shot during a campaign speech in western Japan, hospital officials confirmed. It was a shocking attack in a country that has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere.

Abe was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech Friday in Nara in western Japan. Local fire department official Makoto Morimoto said Abe was in cardio and pulmonary arrest after being shot. His heart stopped while he was being airlifted to a hospital, Morimoto said. He was pronounced dead later at the hospital.

Police arrested a male suspect at the scene of the shooting in Nara, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters. According to NHK, Japan's public broadcaster, Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, was arrested.  ... USA Today (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/07/07/shinzo-abe-japan-prime-minister-shooting/10010982002/)
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Mod2 on July 08, 2022, 02:03:41 pm
Threads merged
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Gefn on July 08, 2022, 02:09:20 pm
You really get a perspective how big a story this is is by looking at international news.

Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 02:13:49 pm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXJQmoFWQAEnZej?format=png&name=360x360) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXJQn2iX0AArYZM?format=png&name=360x360) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXJUheUX0AMguFP?format=jpg&name=360x360)



Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: American Girl on July 08, 2022, 02:18:44 pm
These people are disgusting...

What is wrong with the left? Sick and twisted.

Leftists and Antifa are the closest things to Hitler and the Brown Shirts of the 21st century.

https://www.rightjournalism.com/former-japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-assassinated-on-live-tv-chinese-citizens-and-antifa-members-celebrate-biden-remain-silent-photos-videos/
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 02:19:04 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52202474065_7d1324d9c5_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Kamaji on July 08, 2022, 02:19:44 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52202474065_7d1324d9c5_b.jpg)

Just goes to show that even a former Japanese prime minister can be wrong.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mountaineer on July 08, 2022, 02:21:05 pm
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Timothy H.J. Nerozzi 庭夢
@TimothyNerozzi
Fwiw: nothing inaccurate about calling Shinzo Abe "divisive" or an "arch-conservative" -- I think I used the latter in my own articles today.
But calling him "divisive" is like calling Obama, Trump, Bush, or Clinton the same thing -- of course they are, they're political leaders
8:02 AM · Jul 8, 2022·Twitter Web App
One of the many videos showing the moment Shinzo Abe got shot, but this is from further away and you can tell by the public's reaction how bizarre such a shooting incident really is in Japan. No running away and no screams, just confusion and disbelief. https://twitter.com/manyapan/status/1545318238669733889
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 02:31:21 pm
Just goes to show that even a former Japanese prime minister can be wrong.

It proves Abe was not afraid to be right.



Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mountaineer on July 08, 2022, 02:36:16 pm
Idiot Biden makes it about gun control.
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“While there are many details we do not yet know, we know violent attacks are never acceptable & that gun violence always leaves a deep scar on the communities that are affected by it.  ..."
https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1545393022229159937
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 02:40:22 pm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXHp8X1XgAAy19U?format=jpg&name=small)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXJCgoBWYAExJR_?format=jpg&name=small)
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 02:41:51 pm
Idiot Biden makes it about gun control. https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1545393022229159937

Does the idiot not know Japan is a gun free zone?
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Kamaji on July 08, 2022, 02:42:26 pm
It proves Abe was not afraid to be right.





But in this case, he wasn't.  So it only shows that he's not afraid to be wrong.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Mod2 on July 08, 2022, 02:49:21 pm
Please. This thread is about PM Abe, not Ukraine. Stay on topic.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mystery-ak on July 08, 2022, 02:50:15 pm
White House Disgustingly Uses Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Assassination to Push Gun Control

On Thursday, RedState reported on the shocking news that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a longtime friend of America in the fight against communist powers, was assassinated.

The world reacted to the tragedy accordingly, with almost everyone saying something to remember the man, a solid statesman, and friend. I say “almost everyone” because, for a time, the White House was conspicuously absent. As more and more statements from world leaders came out, including one from Russian President Vladimir Putin of all people, the White House’s silence on the matter was very noticeable.

But finally, Biden did issue a statement. It contained comments about the slain man that managed to read hollow despite some of it including personal experiences, and how his leadership of the Japanese people was good, but then at the end of it, the White House couldn’t contain itself. Naturally, as is the leftist creed, they can’t let this tragedy go to waste and decided to push some politics on the back of Abe’s death.

“While there are many details that we do not yet know, we know that violent attacks are never acceptable and that gun violence always leaves a deep scar on the communities that are affected by it,” read the statement from Biden.

more
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2022/07/08/white-house-disgustingly-uses-japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abes-assassination-to-push-gun-control-n591043
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mystery-ak on July 08, 2022, 02:58:38 pm
(https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/shinzo-abe-home-made-gun-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1488)
Shinzo Abe’s suspected assassin pictured behind him before killing

https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/shinzo-abes-alleged-killer-seen-behind-him-before-shooting/?sp_amp_linker=1*ag5i2k*amp_id*aHhpUVZDRUVsbnI4MWJDc1hJUmNPY1lsVXd2dDY1YzZoWUJUcVg3RHR0cW9nUnlhY0lPUDh2cHpZNW5xVWdYQQ..

Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Ghost Bear on July 08, 2022, 03:01:50 pm
Speculation I have seen online is that the Chinese were behind it. Abe was a staunch anti-Communist and stood against China's government. China would have the most to benefit from his death.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Kamaji on July 08, 2022, 03:02:16 pm
That looks less like a sawed off shotgun and more like a home made one.

Apparently it was homemade.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mountaineer on July 08, 2022, 03:17:41 pm
Motive still unclear:
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... Police said Yamagami was responding calmly to questions and had admitted to attacking Abe, telling investigators he had plotted to kill him because he believed rumors about the former leader's connection to a certain organization that police did not identify.

Ministry of Defense officials that spoke to NHK said the gun used in Abe’s assassination appears to have been homemade and the suspect, Yamagami, spent three years serving in the country’s Maritime Self-Defense Force between 2002 and 2005.  ...
FOX (https://www.foxnews.com/world/japan-shinzo-abe-assassination-who-suspect-tetsuya-yamagami?intcmp=tw_fnc)
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mountaineer on July 08, 2022, 03:19:44 pm
Speculation I have seen online is that the Chinese were behind it. Abe was a staunch anti-Communist and stood against China's government. China would have the most to benefit from his death.
Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
CCP taking a victory lap on Abe's murder
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Global Times
@globaltimesnews
China state-affiliated media
#ShinzoAbe is remembered in China as a controversial Japanese figure who once contributed to China-Japan relations but later tore those achievements apart.
globaltimes.cn (https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202207/1270082.shtml)

10:51 AM · Jul 8, 2022·
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Hoodat on July 08, 2022, 03:40:39 pm
You are absolutely correct @American Girl !!!  The comment about Zelensky is also very revealing and hopefully will open some eyes.

"Very revealing"?  Seriously?  94-days-after-the-fact hindsight?  This is your idea of 'revelation'?
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: txradioguy on July 08, 2022, 04:08:57 pm
And as usual NPR did a hatchet job on a world leader that isn't their preferred brand of Marxist.

They referred to him as "a divisive arch-conservative" and an "ultra-nationalist".

The cowards ended up taking down the tweet.

 **nononono*

Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mystery-ak on July 08, 2022, 04:23:06 pm
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1545429424971350016
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Cyber Liberty on July 08, 2022, 04:34:47 pm
And as usual NPR did a hatchet job on a world leader that isn't their preferred brand of Marxist.

They referred to him as "a divisive arch-conservative" and an "ultra-nationalist".

The cowards ended up taking down the tweet.

 **nononono*

There are many screengrabs of the PBS Tweet, ensuring it will last forever.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Ghost Bear on July 08, 2022, 04:41:29 pm
Motive still unclear:FOX (https://www.foxnews.com/world/japan-shinzo-abe-assassination-who-suspect-tetsuya-yamagami?intcmp=tw_fnc)
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... Police said Yamagami was responding calmly to questions and had admitted to attacking Abe, telling investigators he had plotted to kill him because he believed rumors about the former leader's connection to a certain organization that police did not identify.

I seem to recall reports of rumors back when Abe was PM that he had connections to some Japanese "ultra right" Nationalist group, but I don't remember the name of the group. Maybe that's what is being referred to in the article?
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mystery-ak on July 08, 2022, 05:51:08 pm
NPR Deletes Tweet Describing Assassinated Former PM Shinzo Abe As ‘Divisive Arch-Conservative’
By Jackson RichmanJul 8th, 2022, 11:00 am

NPR deleted a tweet on Friday calling Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on Friday, “a divisive arch-conservative.”

“Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said,” tweeted NPR.

NPR reprinted the Associated Press report on Abe’s death, the first paragraph of which read the same as the tweet.

Twitter users blasted NPR for its now-deleted tweet.

more
https://www.mediaite.com/online/npr-deletes-tweet-describing-assassinated-former-pm-shinzo-abe-as-divisive-arch-conservative/
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Cyber Liberty on July 08, 2022, 05:54:41 pm
They pulled it, but the internet is forever.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXJUe8TWAAQf5nC?format=jpg&name=medium)
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: christian on July 08, 2022, 07:10:34 pm
The globalist WOKE are on the move around the world, and like the socialist of WWII seek power by the number of the innocent they can murder.    So much knew that dead innocent  long line  was a very very strong early indicator.  The usefull deniers helps the clintons add to the list for a longtime. The clintons long laundry list of innocent dead that knew too much, encouraged the rich and powerful they could do the same too.  Those that assisted the murderers earned their tickets to hell, regardless of their denials.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: libertybele on July 08, 2022, 07:44:04 pm
(https://www.usasupreme.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/japan-pm-abe-trump-globalists.jpg)

This picture is etched in my mind; it speaks volumes!
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: catfish1957 on July 08, 2022, 08:00:47 pm
This picture is etched in my mind; it speaks volumes!

Same here....   Steely eye staredown on one side by the #1 and #3 ranked GDP against the #4 and #6. 

Staunch capitalist v. squishy pseudo-socialist.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mountaineer on July 08, 2022, 08:32:44 pm
What in the heck?
One of the improvised firearms recovered from the residence of Shinzo Abe's assassin.
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Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Mod2 on July 08, 2022, 08:40:23 pm
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Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Gefn on July 08, 2022, 08:40:53 pm
Is it me or is the world getting crazier and crazier?
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: berdie on July 08, 2022, 09:13:09 pm
Is it me or is the world getting crazier and crazier?



No @Gefn . It feels like we are living in the wild, wild west.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Kamaji on July 08, 2022, 09:25:09 pm
Is it me or is the world getting crazier and crazier?

It feels like it's going back to the worst days of the 1960s and 1970s, with the terrorists who were running around everywhere, and the stupid economic decisions being made by clueless left-leaning governments.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 09:46:12 pm
It feels like it's going back to the worst days of the 1960s and 1970s, ..... and the stupid economic decisions being made by clueless left-leaning governments.

In 2022, those who think the economic decisions of "left-leaning" governments are clueless are the clueless ones.... they are unable to call them "socialists" and recognize the policies are the plan.  It's why we are going to lose.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: mystery-ak on July 08, 2022, 10:58:21 pm
Pictured: ‘Electrically Fired’ DIY Shotgun Used to Assassinate Shinzo Abe
HANDMADE HORROR

Police say they found multiple homemade guns and explosives when they searched the suspect Tetsuya Yamagami’s house.
Dan Ladden-Hall

News Correspondent
Updated Jul. 08, 2022 4:31PM ET
Published Jul. 08, 2022 11:01AM ET

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The world reacted with horror and shock at the cold-blooded assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday. In a country that has virtually no gun violence, what made the crime even more unusual was the strange, seemingly homemade double-barreled weapon used by the shooter.

Abe was giving a campaign speech in the city of Nara, in southern Japan, when he was shot in the neck and heart at close range. The alleged gunman—named by local authorities as 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami—was photographed throwing a homemade firearm to the ground before being tackled by security officials.

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Videos of the shooting circulating online show the gunman approaching Abe from behind before firing two shots, both producing extremely loud cannon-like booms and plumes of white smoke.

Police later said they found multiple homemade guns and explosives when they searched Yamagami’s house, adding that he had allegedly admitted to shooting Abe with a DIY firearm.

From images of the gun, captured by bystanders including a reporter for Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, experts immediately suspected it was homemade. “The box-like device is wrapped in black tape and smoke can be seen coming from the muzzle. It’s certainly no standard shotgun,” a former detective for the Metropolitan Police Department firearms control division told The Daily Beast after reviewing photos.

While stressing it’s too early to be definitive about the precise design of the weapon used to murder Abe, another authority said the gun appeared to have some highly unusual features.

“I think the first interesting observation is that it’s clearly electrically fired,” said N. R. Jenzen-Jones, an arms and munitions intelligence specialist and Director of the U.K.-based Armament Research Services (ARES). “There’s electrical wire passing through each of those end caps that you can see in one of the images. That indicates to me that it’s an electrically-fired firearm.”

“My hunch is that it’s probably a muzzle-loading design,” Jenzen-Jones added. “It’s probably a smooth-bore weapon—by which I mean unrifled, like a shotgun—but again, that’s not a certainty.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/crude-homemade-shotgun-used-to-assassinate-former-japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abe?ref=home
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 11:38:12 pm
Michelle Ye Hee Lee
@myhlee

The first bullet did not hit Abe; he turned around to look back at the gunman after hearing the bullet, and was hit by second bullet in his chest & neck, Nara police said.

Doctors said there were 2 wounds in his neck/chest area.

8:45 AM · Jul 8, 2022·Twitter Web App
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 08, 2022, 11:41:05 pm
Michelle Ye Hee Lee
@myhlee

The first bullet did not hit Abe; he turned around to look back at the gunman after hearing the bullet, and was hit by second bullet in his chest & neck, Nara police said.

Doctors said there were 2 wounds in his neck/chest area.

8:45 AM · Jul 8, 2022·Twitter Web App

Video:

https://mobile.twitter.com/stillgray/status/1545429424971350016
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: libertybele on July 08, 2022, 11:53:05 pm
Same here....   Steely eye staredown on one side by the #1 and #3 ranked GDP against the #4 and #6. 

Staunch capitalist v. squishy pseudo-socialist.

Exactly.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: libertybele on July 08, 2022, 11:55:35 pm
In 2022, those who think the economic decisions of "left-leaning" governments are clueless are the clueless ones.... they are unable to call them "socialists" and recognize the policies are the plan.  It's why we are going to lose.

Yes, everything is going according to plan for the 'Great Reset'. 
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Bigun on July 09, 2022, 12:01:51 am
REVEALED: Chatter on Chinese Twitter on Shinzo Abe and “Completing the Task” Was Posted 17 Hours Before His Assassination (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/revealed-chatter-chinese-twitter-shinzo-abe-completing-task-posted-17-hours-shinzo-abe-assassination/?utm_source=Gab&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons)

Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Gefn on July 09, 2022, 12:10:58 am
It feels like it's going back to the worst days of the 1960s and 1970s, with the terrorists who were running around everywhere, and the stupid economic decisions being made by clueless left-leaning governments.


This is reminding me of the time between the Cuban Missile Crisis and JFK’s death.   I don’t know if people who were actually alive during that time feel that way.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: libertybele on July 09, 2022, 12:28:51 am
REVEALED: Chatter on Chinese Twitter on Shinzo Abe and “Completing the Task” Was Posted 17 Hours Before His Assassination (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/revealed-chatter-chinese-twitter-shinzo-abe-completing-task-posted-17-hours-shinzo-abe-assassination/?utm_source=Gab&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons)

No coincidence.
..."An open death threat was made by the Chinese Communist Regime much earlier before his assassination on Friday...."
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: catfish1957 on July 09, 2022, 12:30:59 am
REVEALED: Chatter on Chinese Twitter on Shinzo Abe and “Completing the Task” Was Posted 17 Hours Before His Assassination (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/revealed-chatter-chinese-twitter-shinzo-abe-completing-task-posted-17-hours-shinzo-abe-assassination/?utm_source=Gab&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons)

I think CHICOMS may be starting a proxy assassination campaign (war) on anti-Chinese conservative politicans.

I hope conservatives in national roles  world wide are taking precautions.
Title: Re: Breaking Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting -NHK
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on July 09, 2022, 05:42:26 pm
Jack Posobiec
@JackPosobiec

He was standing right behind Abe

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11:10 PM · Jul 8, 2022  Twitter Web App