U.S. President Joe Biden voiced outrage at the fatal assassination of Abe Shinzo, Japan's former Prime Minister, affirming that he is stunned and deeply saddened by the news.
"He was a champion of the friendship between our people. The United States stands with Japan in this moment of grief," Biden wrote on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1545400667451301888
Biden also affirmed that the assassination is a tragedy for Japan and for all who knew the former leader, according to a statement issued y the White House.
"I had the privilege to work closely with Prime Minister Abe. As Vice President, I visited him in Tokyo and welcomed him to Washington. He was a champion of the Alliance between our nations and the friendship between our people."
In like manner, ex-President Barack Obama paid a heartfelt tribute to the Japanese official on Twitter, extending his deepest condolences to the people of Japan who are very much in our thoughts at this painful moment.
"Former Prime Minister Abe was devoted to both the country he served and the extraordinary alliance between the United States and Japan."
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1545388676242456576
Abe died Friday after being shot in the chest during a speech in the city of Nara on Friday in what seemed to be an assassination attempt.
“It’s not a grudge against the political beliefs of former Prime Minister Abe,” the Nara prefectural police quoted Yamagami as saying. His home was later searched by the police.
Videos of the incident showed two shots being fired. Japan is known to have one of the strictest gun control laws in the world. Police arrested the man suspected of attacking Abe on suspicion of attempted murder, and the gun was confiscated, according to the broadcaster. NHK identified the man as Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old resident of the Japanese city of Nara.
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