Abe passed away after being shot by a gunman on Friday while giving a speech in the western city of Nara while running for the upper house on Sunday.


Tokyo: According to a report on Saturday by Japan's public broadcaster NHK, police personnel on duty at the location where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot failed to see a suspicious guy among the throng until they heard the first shot.

Abe passed away after being shot by a gunman on Friday while giving a speech in the western city of Nara while running for the upper house on Sunday.


At the scene, police apprehended Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old Nara resident.


According to NHK's reporting on the matter, Yamagami served the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) for three years until about 2005.


He was detained there, and local police discovered what seemed to be a homemade weapon close to where the former prime minister was shot.Government statistics.

According to NHK, the National Police Agency of Japan stated that it would reassess the former prime minister's security arrangements for the day in light of the crime scene's conditions.


According to the assessment, the agency mentions potential issues with police patrol preparations behind where Abe was speaking.


According to the story, some security experts emphasise how dangerous it was for the cops to allow the shooter to continue firing at Abe. They claim that the officers should have done everything possible to keep the attacker away from Abe.

The possibility of security concerns in the event of Shinzo Abe's assassination cannot be dismissed, according to Kazuo Ohashi, the chief of police in Nara Prefecture, who made this statement on Saturday. The official stated during a press conference that "there is no denying that there was a security concern there."


Ohashi asserted that the murder was an act of "inexcusable barbarism" and that it is imperative to look into the matter "un the most thorough way."


Earlier in his live speech to the nation yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated that "this is not a forgivable conduct" and that authorities will "take proper measures to tackle the problem."

Kishida added that the reason for Abe's shooting is unknown. The Japanese PM further asked that no one at the time speculate about any potential political implications.