I never paid attention to Japan politics till I was older, so Abe was THE ONLY prime minister I remember from when I was younger. Love or hate him, this is a tragic way to go. No one deserves to die like that.
RIP
Sorry to see him lose his life this way.
This is a sad day
Rest in Peace
That’s it then. I didn’t like all of your policies, but I liked your diplomacy, and I don’t think you or the country you led deserved this.
ご冥福をお祈りいたします.
This is terrible news.
Sadly was never in doubt. At that distance and with his age, he never had a chance. One of the saddest days in modern Japanese history regardless of your politics. Just something you’d never expect in Japan, especially not Nara.
Rip abe san.
Wonder what they will do with the criminal who shot him…
Horrendous, out of all the counties of the world I can’t believe it happened to them. I wonder what this means for Japan?
I never agreed with his politics but I am truly sad.
As I said in another thread. I wasn’t a fan of his politics but this is a terrible day for Japan. Nobody should be supporting this sort of attack, regardless of side.
Terrorism isn’t something to celebrate.
RIP to one of biggest political icons in the last 30 years.
Such a shocking day. RIP.
It was inevitable from the nature of the attack. Incredibly tragic for everyone involved.
Especially in the midst of an election, the next few days may be crucial for how this is viewed down the track.
Imagine living 67 years only to die by getting shot in the back out of nowhere by a coward. That’s really sad. I don’t follow Japanese politics and I only know him because I saw him in the news about Japan in the early stages of the Corona pandemic but that’s really a sad way to go.
A lot of us grew up with the guy as PM, as he’s the longest-serving PM.
We are all in shock. My friends back home are shocked and saddened too.
Really terrible incident.
This is very sad. No matter what your political views are, no one deserves to die like that.
Watching doctors about to discuss how an ex prime minister died by being shot to death in Japan is beyond surreal.
Still in shock over this.
It is worrying. A former prime minister was assassinated. I wonder how japanese politics are going to be affected by this in the short and long run. I wonder about the motives behind his assassination.
First Kazuki Takahashi, now Shinzo Abe? Sad, man…
I’m worried about copycats now, since his gun is handmade…
A very shocking and tragic news.
Met Kono Taro few weeks ago doing a speech Ginza on a Sunday. He was just standing without any security taking pictures with strangers This was so normal for everyone. Even with the fear of knife attacks. Cant imagine that from now on
I’m not a fan of Shinzo Abe and his policies but this is a fucking tragedy. I totally expected him to survive this and his death came as a shock.
RIP.
It was a total failure of Japanese Security Police. There was one man stationed behind Abe but facing towards Abe (security failure 101). The killer casually approached from behind, crossing a street, opened his bag, took out the homemade gun, raised the gun and shot from just behind the security man who was still facing Abe when the shot was fired! Had he been turned around he would have seen him approaching.
I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t know much about him or his politics; all I really remember him from was when he dressed as Mario during the Olympics. I thought that was nice of him.
I’ve blocked more people on social media in the last 24 hours than I have in my life. Even if you were completely against Abe’s politics, there’s a time and a place for snark, bile and cruelty, and this isn’t it.
Please ban the guy who gave the “hehehehe” award.
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I never paid attention to Japan politics till I was older, so Abe was THE ONLY prime minister I remember from when I was younger. Love or hate him, this is a tragic way to go. No one deserves to die like that.
RIP
Sorry to see him lose his life this way.
This is a sad day
Rest in Peace
That’s it then. I didn’t like all of your policies, but I liked your diplomacy, and I don’t think you or the country you led deserved this.
ご冥福をお祈りいたします.
This is terrible news.
Sadly was never in doubt. At that distance and with his age, he never had a chance. One of the saddest days in modern Japanese history regardless of your politics. Just something you’d never expect in Japan, especially not Nara.
Rip abe san.
Wonder what they will do with the criminal who shot him…
Horrendous, out of all the counties of the world I can’t believe it happened to them. I wonder what this means for Japan?
I never agreed with his politics but I am truly sad.
As I said in another thread. I wasn’t a fan of his politics but this is a terrible day for Japan. Nobody should be supporting this sort of attack, regardless of side.
Terrorism isn’t something to celebrate.
RIP to one of biggest political icons in the last 30 years.
Such a shocking day. RIP.
It was inevitable from the nature of the attack. Incredibly tragic for everyone involved.
Especially in the midst of an election, the next few days may be crucial for how this is viewed down the track.
Imagine living 67 years only to die by getting shot in the back out of nowhere by a coward. That’s really sad. I don’t follow Japanese politics and I only know him because I saw him in the news about Japan in the early stages of the Corona pandemic but that’s really a sad way to go.
A lot of us grew up with the guy as PM, as he’s the longest-serving PM.
We are all in shock. My friends back home are shocked and saddened too.
Really terrible incident.
This is very sad. No matter what your political views are, no one deserves to die like that.
Watching doctors about to discuss how an ex prime minister died by being shot to death in Japan is beyond surreal.
Still in shock over this.
It is worrying. A former prime minister was assassinated. I wonder how japanese politics are going to be affected by this in the short and long run. I wonder about the motives behind his assassination.
First Kazuki Takahashi, now Shinzo Abe? Sad, man…
I’m worried about copycats now, since his gun is handmade…
A very shocking and tragic news.
Met Kono Taro few weeks ago doing a speech Ginza on a Sunday. He was just standing without any security taking pictures with strangers This was so normal for everyone. Even with the fear of knife attacks. Cant imagine that from now on
I’m not a fan of Shinzo Abe and his policies but this is a fucking tragedy. I totally expected him to survive this and his death came as a shock.
RIP.
It was a total failure of Japanese Security Police. There was one man stationed behind Abe but facing towards Abe (security failure 101). The killer casually approached from behind, crossing a street, opened his bag, took out the homemade gun, raised the gun and shot from just behind the security man who was still facing Abe when the shot was fired! Had he been turned around he would have seen him approaching.
I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t know much about him or his politics; all I really remember him from was when he dressed as Mario during the Olympics. I thought that was nice of him.
I’ve blocked more people on social media in the last 24 hours than I have in my life. Even if you were completely against Abe’s politics, there’s a time and a place for snark, bile and cruelty, and this isn’t it.
Please ban the guy who gave the “hehehehe” award.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that when she first met him he leaned over in a quiet moment to tell her he was sorry to hear that her cat had died