The former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated with a homemade shotgun.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was pronounced dead today after being shot during a campaign speech with a shotgun believed to be homemade. Abe, 67, was rushed to the hospital and declared dead within hours. A 41-year-old male suspect was apprehended immediately after the shooting.
Television reports showed a crudely made device that appeared to be two tubes wrapped in black tape, with smoke drifting from an improvised muzzle. “It’s certainly no standard shotgun,” a former police detective told The Daily Beast after reviewing photos.
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