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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Japan police find bullet marks near abe assassination site - Caught on Camera

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Japanese police said Wednesday they have found a number of what they believe are bullet marks on a building near the site of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination last week in western Japan, apparently from the first shot fired from a suspect's powerful homemade gun that narrowly missed Abe.

Abe, the country’s longest-serving prime minister who remained influential even after stepping down two years ago for health reasons, was gunned down Friday during a campaign speech near a crowded train station in Nara.

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