Former Japanese leader assassinated

 NY Times:

Shinzo Abe, Former Japanese Leader, Is Assassinated

Ex-Prime Minister Was Shot During Speech; Suspect in Custody

• Mr. Abe, the longest-serving Japanese prime minister, was campaigning for his party in western Japan when he was shot. He was 67.
• The police said they had arrested a 41-year-old suspect. Here’s the latest.

The shooter was a former maritime self-defense force member.  Japan has some of the strictest gun control laws in the world.  Abe is known as a vocal opponent of the Chicoms.

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot dead at campaign event