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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Japan police chief to resign over Abe shooting death

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Japan’s top police official has said he will tender his resignation taking responsibility for the security failure which led to the fatal shooting of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe last month.

Itaru Nakamura, the national police agency chief of Japan, made the annnouncement following the release of a report from the agency which outlined the failures in preventing the attack on 8 July.

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