The funeral procession was accompanied by thousands of people who took to the streets to say goodbye to Shinzo Abe. | Font: Photo: AFP / Video: EFE
Thousands of people gathered on the streets of the city on Tuesday. Tokyo see the funeral procession of the former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abekilled last week after a private funeral held in the afternoon at a Buddhist temple.
Although the funeral ceremony was reserved for family and friends only, long lines of people dressed in black lined up before the funeral. zojoji temple sack the longest serving prime minister in Japan.
“I can’t stand sadness, so I came to leave flowers and pray,” she said. AFP consultant Tsukasa Yokawa, 41, who called Abe a “great prime minister.”
Shinzo Abe was shot dead on Friday during an election rally in naratwo days before elections to the Upper House of Parliament, in which his party won a majority on Sunday.
Suspected of a crime Tetsuya Yamagami, The 41-year-old man, who was arrested immediately after the crime, told police that he attacked him because he believed Abe was connected to a religious organization that apparently harmed his family.
“It’s disgusting,” said Yuko Takehisa, a nurse who also saw the procession passing by.
“More could have been done to prevent this,” he said, noting that “no one reported Yamagami” to the police despite reports that he had tried homemade weapons before the attack.
After the worship procession with the remains Shinzo Abe he moved to symbolic places in the capital and symbols of power, such as the prime minister’s residence, known as Kantei, and the seat of parliament.
Outside the building, officials and high officials stood with grim faces, bowing in respect.
Abe’s widow, Aki, sat in the front seat of the hearse with her husband’s tombstone inscribed with his posthumous name, according to Buddhist tradition. Aki returned the nods during courtship.
Throughout the journey, rows of people offered their prayers and photographed the last tour of Shinzo Abe.
security flaws
Japanese Defense Minister nobuo kishi, Abe’s brother, on Tuesday called the attack an “act of terrorism.” “I lost my brother and Japan lost an irreplaceable leader,” he tweeted. “My brother loved Japan and risked his life for politics and the defense of this nation,” he added.
Satoshi NinoyuThe president of the National Public Safety Commission, the organization in charge of the police force, promised on Tuesday to scrutinize possible security flaws.
Local police acknowledged problems in their security program for Abe, who was approached from behind and attacked in broad daylight.
According to Japanese media, citing anonymous sources, police found bullets and other possible components for making weapons similar to the one used in the attack in the suspect’s home.
Yamagami reportedly spent three years in the Japanese Navy and allegedly told investigators that his mother had made a large donation to a religious organization, causing the family to have financial problems.
unification church, a religious movement founded in the 1950s in Korea known as the “Moon Sect,” said on Monday that Yamagami’s mother was a member but made no mention of donations she may have made. (AFP)
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