Japan police chief wants to resign, take responsibility for Shinzo Abe shooting
August 25, 2022, 7:59 am

Japan police chief wants to resign, take responsibility for Shinzo Abe shooting

Late Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - Official Twitter Account

Japan's National Police Agency chief Itaru Nakamura on Thursday (August 25) expressed his desire to resign to take responsibility for the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July, the Nikkei newspaper reported.

Nakamura previously expressed regret for the failure of the police to protect Abe at his appearance at a campaign rally on July 8 and admitted there were flaws in the protection plan for Abe.

Shinzo Abe was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history.

On 8 July 2022, Abe was shot by a former member of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force while delivering a campaign speech in Nara two days before the 10 July upper house elections.

He was later pronounced dead in hospital.

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The suspect, who was arrested at the scene, confessed to targeting the former prime minister because of Abe's ties with the Unification Church.

Abe's assassination was the first assassination of a former Japanese prime minister since 1936.

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