Japan marks one year since former leader Abe’s killing
People gather outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station, where former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot one year ago, during a memorial service his first death anniversary in Nara city on July 8, 2023. – AFP pic, July 8, 2023.
JAPAN today marked a year since the shock assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving leader and a towering political figure. Abe was gunned down in broad daylight while giving a campaign speech in western Japan, targeted by a man allegedly angry over the former leader’s links to the Unification Church.
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