Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
National
The Yomiuri Shimbun

6 months after shooting, mourners still visiting site

A woman joins her hands in mourning on Sunday as she looks up from the site where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in Nara on July 8. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

NARA -- People were seen mourning Sunday in front of Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara, where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead just six months ago.

Throughout the day, people with flowers and other offerings came to the street near the Kintetsu Line station where the shooting took place.

"I wish Mr. Abe was still here working. All of us left behind must carry on," said an office worker from Kyoto, visiting the site at the same hour the incident occurred.

"He was a politician who did his best for the future of the country, and I still feel terribly sad about what happened. I just want to thank him again for his hard work," said 76-year-old man from Ikoma, Nara Prefecture.

In December, the Nara city government removed the guardrails at the site as part of a station improvement project that has been ongoing since before the incident. Currently, construction barricades are in place, and the roadway will be finished by March.

Read more from The Japan News at https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.