Abe Shinzo, the longest-serving Japanese Prime Minister in history, was shot dead today at a campaign rally in Nara. Police tackled the assassin, who is in custody. Abe, 67, was Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012, stepping down in 2020. Still a key figure in Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, he was… https://boingboing.net/2022/07/08/former-japanese-prime-mininster-shinzo-abe-assassinated.html” class=”read-more-link”>READ THE REST
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