After the assassination of Shinzo Abe, the police want to review their security protocols for flaws. Several weapons were found in the killer’s apartment.
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- Japan’s police are reviewing their celebrity safety protocols for flaws.
- One expert doesn’t think there are enough firearm precautions.
- The assassin used a home-made weapon, and there were others in his apartment.
After the assassination of Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the country’s police are faced with many questions. Among other things, experts on Saturday dealt with why the security personnel on site could not prevent the attack with a self-made firearm. “I don’t think there are enough precautions for firearms in Japan, with its strict gun laws,” an expert on personal protection was quoted as saying by the newspaper “Nikkei”.
The day before, the perpetrator approached Abe from behind during an election campaign speech in the city of Nara and shot the politician twice from a few meters away.
According to media reports, the National Police Authority now wants to check its security protocol for prominent personalities for deficiencies.
The police searched the perpetrator’s home on the day of the attack. Several homemade firearms were seized. The 41-year-old unemployed man, who served in the Navy for three years until 2005 and is said to have received handgun training there, was arrested immediately after the attack. Japan is considered one of the safest countries in the world and has extremely strict gun laws.
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