Contemporary era · 2022
Assassination of Shinzo Abe
On 8 July 2022, Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan and serving member of the Japanese House of Representatives, was assassinated while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture. Abe was delivering a campaign speech for a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate when he was fatally shot by 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami with an improvised firearm.
- When
- 8 Jul 2022
- Where
- Yamato-Saidaiji Station
- Era
- Contemporary
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