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The assassination of former Prime Minister #Shinzo_Abe Abe has come as a shock to many who have followed his career. 🇯🇵 unfortunately has a history of political #assassinations dating back to the early 20th century.
Here is list of attempts on serving Prime Ministers in #japan
Here is list of attempts on serving Prime Ministers in #japan
In July 1960, Shinzo Abe's grandfather, Prime Minister Shinsuke Kishi, was stabbed Kishi six times in the thigh Aramaki Taisuke, a member of the right-wing group "Dahuahui". He needed 30 stiches to close the wound but survived. 
On May 15, 1932, 11 radical young naval officers shot and killed Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi. He was the leader of Japan's constitutionalism faction in favor of disarmament, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from the Japanese military.
