The hearse with the remains of the former Japanese prime minister arrives in Tokyo
Japan is of duel for the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, assassinated on Friday during an electoral act in the west of the country, and whose remains arrived in Tokyo on Saturday. The assassination of Japan’s best-known politician has shocked the country and sparked consternation around the world. Japan is one of the countries with the lowest crime rates and strict laws against weapons.
The hearse transporting the former Japanese prime minister arrived this Saturday morning at his home in the Shibuya district, in tokyo. After doing the autopsy at the Nara Medical University Hospital – where Abe was treated after arriving in cardiorespiratory arrest as a result of two gunshots – the hearse left the hospital at 06:00 (23:00 Spanish peninsular time) and arrived in the capital Japanese around 1:30 p.m. (06:30 in Spain) on Saturday.
Before the car, in which the widow of Abe, went to the basement of Abe’s home, in front of the house, the president of the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), yasuo fukuda, and other political positions, have shown their respects to the deceased. Also the current prime minister, fumio kishidahas appeared at the family residence to convey his condolences for the death of who was his political mentor.
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The author of the murder, already arrested, has been identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, 41 years old and a former member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, without the motives for the event being clarified at the moment. According to the police, the detainee has confessed the crime and has explained that he committed it thinking that Abe was linked to an unidentified group. Several local media speak of a religious group. The police investigate the background of the murderer, who was currently unemployed.
Abe, 67, has been the longest-serving Japanese president. He held the position between September 2006 and September 2007 and later between December 2012 and September 2020, after being re-elected three times in a row. He resigned from the position due to health problems. The former prime minister stood out for his hard-line foreign policy and his economic strategy, popularly known as ‘Abenomics’