Japan national police chief resigns over Abe assassination

TOKYO, 26 August 2022, (TON): The head of Japan’s National Police Agency announced his resignation after an investigation confirmed shortcomings in the security plans for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe.

Abe, the country’s best-known politician and longest-serving premier, was shot and killed while delivering a stump speech on July 8 in the city of Nara in western Japan.

Itaru Nakamura told reporters “there were shortcomings in the security plans and the risk assessments on which they were based, and direction from the field commander was insufficient.”

“The root of this problem lies in the limitations of the current system, which has been in place for years, in which local police bear sole responsibility for providing security.”

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