The on-site commander of the security team for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was not aware a guard in charge of protecting Abe from behind had moved, the National Police Agency officials said Friday.
Abe was https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/08/national/shinzo-abe-dead-nara-shooting/”>shot from behind during a campaign speech in Nara on July 8 and confirmed dead later in the day.
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