[cw: political assassinations] Shinzo Abe was shot a little more than an hour ago, apparently still in the hospital in critical condition. ETA and he's dead

O.O

They got an arrest right away at least.

From what I read, it's not good.

not surprising, they just have to arrest the only person with a gun

Apparently in Japan, you can't be declared dead until a doctor sees the corpse.

*in a hospital

from what I know of Japanese politics, Abe's a real piece of work, but assassination just throws gasoline

Yeah, he's part of their right-wing party, which ironically is called the Liberal Democratic Party.

very different from JFK, whose assassination I've seen it compared to

For one thing he's not Prime Minister any more. He stepped down back in 2020.

more like how it's the highest profile assassination since JFK and will be about as tantalizing for conspiracy nuts