The Japanese police admitted this Friday that there were flaws.undeniable” in the safety of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead Friday during an election rally.

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The information was provided by the France Presse news agency (AFP), which quotes the police chief of Nara province, Tomoaki Onizuka. “I think it is undeniable that there were problems with the guard and security measures of former Prime Minister Abe,” the Narra police officer told reporters.

Tomoaki Onizuka promised that he would analyze it for that.”problems completely and take appropriate action“.

Sinko Abe was fatally shot twice while speaking at a street rally by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) near Nara railway station on Friday. The politician was taken to hospital. already in cardiac arrestwith death confirmed about five hours later.

Suspect Who Shot Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Says He’s Not Satisfied With Shinzo Abe

The suspect in the attack, Tetsuya Yamagami, allegedly used a homemade weapon and was restrained by Abe’s security services. During the search of Yamagami’s house, the police found other similar weapons also made by the alleged perpetrator.

Yamagami had been unemployed since May, when he stopped working at an industrial company in Kansai, in the south-central part of the country. Between 2002 and 2005 joined the japanese armyaccording to the Defense Ministry.

According to police sources, he was “dissatisfied” with the former president, so he decided to kill him.

Shinzo Abe was prime minister in 2006-2007 and then from 2012 to 2020, having been the youngest post-war head of government, at 52, the first-born after World War II and the longest in office .

Pope expresses sadness over assassination of former Japanese PM

Pope Francis expressed his sadness on Saturday over the murder of Shinzo Abe and said he hopes that “after this senseless actJapanese society reinforces its historical commitment to peace and nonviolence“.

Francis sent a telegram through the Secretary of State, peter parolinin which he said that he received the news of Abe’s murder with “deep sadness” and expressed his condolences to his family, friends and all the people of Japan.