Japan PM tightens safety of high politicians after Shinzo Abe shot lifeless

Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida directed officers to tighten the safety of ministers within the lead-up to the Upper House election on Sunday, Kyodo News reported.

Japan PM Fumio Kishida condemned the assault on Shinzo Abe as “dastardly and barbaric” (File)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday ordered enhanced safety for Cabinet ministers and different politicians following the deadly capturing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe throughout an election marketing campaign in western Japan’s Nara metropolis.

Kishida, who alongside together with his Cabinet ministers unexpectedly returned to Tokyo from marketing campaign occasions across the nation after the capturing, condemned the assault as “dastardly and barbaric”.

The prime minister, after discussing responses to the assault with National Public Safety Commission Chairperson Ninoyu Satoshi, Justice Minister Furukawa Yoshihisa, and others for about 20 minutes on Friday afternoon, instructed officers by no means to yield to violence and terrorism.

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He directed them to tighten safety for Cabinet ministers and others within the lead-up to the Upper House election on Sunday as elections are the inspiration of democracy, Kyodo News reported.

Ninoyu directed the chief of the National Police Agency, Nakamura Itaru, to supply thorough safety to Cabinet ministers and different high politicians of the nation. Gun violence is extraordinarily uncommon in Japan, which has one of many strictest gun management measures anyplace on the planet.

Abe, who’s believed to have been killed by a self-modified gun, was, nevertheless, supplied the very best safety, in accordance with Japan’s NHK public tv.

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