LAST UPDATE: 18:03 The man who assassinated Shinzo Abe believed the former Japanese prime minister was linked to a religious group, which he blames for his mother’s financial ruin, and had spent months planning the attack with an improvised weapon, police told local media today. . Unemployed Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, was identified as the suspect […]
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Japan: There were problems with Abe’s security, Nara police admit
A motorcade carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated yesterday, arrived today at his home in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, from the western part of the country where he was when he was attacked. Abe’s widow, Akie, accompanied his body. Authorities are reviewing security measures at the venue in the […]
Japan: In a heavy atmosphere the election campaign after the assassination of Shinzo Abe
Election campaigning in Japan is expected to continue today, the last day of rallies ahead of polls to elect new members of the upper house, despite the country still reeling from the shock of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by a gunman. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving modern leader, was assassinated on Friday morning […]
USA: Flags at half-mast in tribute to Shinzo Abe
US President Joe Biden has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until July 10 in tribute to Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister who was assassinated today by a gunman while delivering a campaign speech. Abe was a “proud servant of the Japanese people and a loyal friend of the United States,” the […]
K. Mitsotakis: The assassination of Shinzo Abe is an attack on democracy itself
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his sadness over the shocking murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a post in English on Twitter. “Sad and shocking news about former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. His life was cut short in a horrible and cruel way. His contribution is enormous. This crime is an […]
Japan: Abe’s killer targeted ‘specific organization’
The man suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is 41-year-old unemployed Tetsuya Yamagami, who told investigators he used a homemade weapon, Japanese police said. “This is what the suspect is claiming and we found that (the weapon used) clearly appears to be improvised, but our analysis is still ongoing,” a police officer […]
Britain: Life sentence for the man who murdered MP Ames
LAST UPDATE: 15.31 Islamic State-inspired “Islamist fanatic” Ali Harbi Ali was sentenced today to life in prison without parole for the murder of veteran British MP David Eimes. Announcing the sentence against 26-year-old Ali, Judge Nigel Sweeney said he had “no doubt” about the need for life imprisonment without parole for the murder of Ames, […]
Russian embassy in Rome sues La Stampa newspaper over report on Putin’s assassination
“And what if Putin’s assassination was the only way out” of the war in Ukraine? The Russian ambassador to Italy today filed a lawsuit against La Stampa newspaper after the publication of a major article examining the case of the physical extermination of the Russian president. In an article published March 22, journalist and war […]
Jamaica to deport to Colombia ex-military wanted for assassination of Haitian president
A Colombian ex-military man allegedly involved in last year’s assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moes will be deported from Jamaica to his homeland on Monday, Jamaican prosecutors announced on Saturday. Mario Antonio Palacios, 43, has been accused by Haitian authorities of being part of a mercenary group that assassinated Jovenel Moise in July in […]
A gay man was killed in Iran. 20-year-old man could be beheaded by his brothers: photo – Radio Liberty
In Iran, a local resident, Alireza Monfared, was allegedly killed by his brothers, who learned about the homosexuality of a 20-year-old relative. This was reported by Radio Farda, the local branch of Radio Liberty. Homosexuality in Iran is punishable: it faces the death penalty, which is why sexual minorities carefully hide their orientation. According […]