Man Throws Bomb at Japanese Prime Minister in Attempt to Assassinate Him
|This is pretty wild that just months after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated that someone has attempted to kill current Prime Minister Kishida as well:
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after someone threw an explosive device in his direction while he was campaigning at a fishing port in western Japan, officials said. Police wrestled a suspect to the ground as screaming bystanders scrambled to get away and smoke filled the air.
One police officer was slightly hurt and Kishida continued campaigning Saturday, but the chaotic scene was reminiscent of the assassination nine months ago of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which also came on a campaign tour and continues to reverberate in Japanese politics. Kishida was visiting Saikazaki port in Wakayama prefecture to support his ruling party’s candidate in a local election, and the explosion occurred just before he was to begin his speech.
A young man believed to be a suspect was arrested Saturday at the scene after he allegedly threw “the suspicious object,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters. Matsuno refused to comment on the suspect’s motive and background, saying police are still investigating.
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You can read more at the link, but no word yet on what this guy’s motive was for trying to kill Prime Minister Kishida. ROK Heads may remember the guy that killed Shinzo Abe was motivated by how the Korean Unification Church wiped out all the savings from his mother leaving him with no inheritance. Abe had ties to the church and the man killed Abe as revenge against the church.
Can you say chinabot? I knew you could.
Why don’t I ever run for office or make a serious effort to influence other to believe as I do about politics? Because I find the attached artwork funny. And that is wrong and unChristian of me.
Instead, I should be more like this fellow on his knees… I know I’m a lousy witness, not being perfect and sinless; but I’d really rather no one missed a chance to hear they could escape an eternity separated from God by just accepting Jesus Christ died for them and asking Him to save them
Radical Buddhist.
The problem is I saw them doing that to each other (and the police) in Seoul over which team controlled the money…