By TOMONORI ASADA/ Staff Writer
September 8, 2022 at 14:53 JST
The image compares sounds made by gunshots and fireworks. The two bars on the left show sounds made by the homemade handgun used to shoot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and the others, from center, a Beretta pistol, a Desert Eagle Magnum pistol and a firework. In each bar, the pitch of sound is shown as the widest red-colored width. (Provided by the Japan Acoustic Laboratory)
The two gunshots heard when former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in Nara in July were not similar to typical gunshot sounds but were more like the sounds of fireworks, according to a recent study. [Read More]
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