Former PM Abe Assassinated
Jul 7, 2022, 9:06 pm
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Former PM Abe Assassinated
At around 11:30am during a speech in Nara ahead of Sunday's election, Former Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot in the back three times and brought to the hospital without a pulse.
He's not officially dead, but has been pronounced 心肺停止.
He's not officially dead, but has been pronounced 心肺停止.
Jul 8, 2022, 1:12 am
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How can you say Abe has been assassinated when he's not pronounced dead?
Jul 8, 2022, 1:22 am
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Jul 8, 2022, 1:26 am
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I'm now under the impression that the Japanese call things differently. At this moment, Abe is in "critical condition". I'm not sure if that means the same thing in the US.
Jul 8, 2022, 1:33 am
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Jul 8, 2022, 1:36 am
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I'm just telling you what's being reported on CNN, WaPo, and the New York Times! I don't know any Japanese.
Jul 8, 2022, 1:39 am
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I think I just read Japan had something like 10 shootings last year with like 15 people dead. The US is definitely way more violent than any other civilized country.
Jul 8, 2022, 1:39 am
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Jul 8, 2022, 1:44 am
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Jul 8, 2022, 2:05 am
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TV Asahi had some amateur footage of the attack itself. The guy got really close to Abe. I think he was about five meters away with his first shot, and then walked closer still and was about three or four meters away when he fired the second. He probably had to be that close to make contact with that crappy gun of his.
Can you imagine someone being able to just walk up within 10 feet behind Bill Clinton while he was giving a campaign speech for Hillary? With a gun??
Can you imagine someone being able to just walk up within 10 feet behind Bill Clinton while he was giving a campaign speech for Hillary? With a gun??
Jul 8, 2022, 2:10 am
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TV Asahi had some amateur footage of the attack itself. The guy got really close to Abe. I think he was about five meters away with his first shot, and then walked closer still and was about three or four meters away when he fired the second. He probably had to be that close to make contact with that crappy gun of his.
Can you imagine someone being able to just walk up within 10 feet behind Bill Clinton while he was giving a campaign speech for Hillary? With a gun??
Can you imagine someone being able to just walk up within 10 feet behind Bill Clinton while he was giving a campaign speech for Hillary? With a gun??
Jul 8, 2022, 2:26 am
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Japanese police/EMTs won't pronounce dead at the scene, they say cardiac arrest. A doctor has to make the determination at the hospital.