By SHIMPACHI YOSHIDA/ Senior Staff Writer
August 6, 2022 at 14:50 JST
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pictured moments before he was shot while giving a campaign speech in front of the Kintetsu Line’s Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara on July 8 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A last-minute change in a police officer’s location and the man’s failure to notify a superior the spot was now unguarded are believed to be the main factors that left former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vulnerable to an attack from his back. [Read More]
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