Yamagami told investigators that he was dissatisfied with the former prime minister and intended to kill him.

Lost in translation or understatement of the day?

Also I'm impressed how fast wikipedia editors change is to was.

he was a right winger and a hardliner on dprk i believe

Shot through the heart with a homemade gun. The shooter got two rounds off, so I'm assuming it was a 3D printed gun of some sort?

Edit: Nope, I've now heard from the times that it looked like a double barrel shotgun held together with black tape. Interesting!

Edit: Image of the shooter and his homemade weapon.

Oh well

huh, surprised no one has said it here yet...

ahems

rest in piss, bozo

I was just listening to a discussion of the assassination this morning (my morning). Apparently Japan has up until now been so bereft of political violence that it is common for even prominent politicians like Abe to have minimal security and maximum exposure to their constituents. There have certainly been protests before, but they didn't descend into violence. In terms of gun deaths overall, they typically number in the double or single digits per year for the entire country. Unfortunately, this will likely mark a change in how Japanese politicians interface with their citizens.