Shinzo Abe’s Assassination; Police Admits Major Security Lapse

Web Desk — Police admits there were “undeniable” flaws in security for Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe.

The head of police in the area where Japan’s former prime minister was assassinated admitted major security lapse while pledging an investigation into the assasination of the country’s most seasoned and trustworthy politician.

Japan’s best-known politician Shinjzo Abe was on the campaign trail in the western region of Nara when a gunman opened fire at close range.

“I believe it is undeniable that there were problems with the guarding and safety measures for former prime minister Abe,” Tomoaki Onizuka, head of the Nara prefectural police, told reporters on Saturday evening.

“The urgent matter is for us to conduct a thorough investigation to clarify what happened,” he said.

Security at local campaign events in Japan can be relatively relaxed, in a country with little violent crime and strict gun laws.

“In all the years since I became a police officer in 1995, in my career that stretches more than 27 years, there is no greater remorse, no bigger regret than this,” he said of Abe’s death, his voice shaking with emotion.