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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Satoshi Sugiyama and Sam Nussey

Police admit Nara security flaws as Abe's body returns home to Tokyo

LDP officials pray to the vehicle believed to be carrying the body of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, at his residence in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2022. REUTERS/ Kim Kyung-Hoon

Police acknowledged security flaws on Saturday in the Japanese city of Nara where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated, as a motorcade carrying his body arrived at his home in the capital Tokyo.

Mourners gathered at his residence and at the scene of Friday's tragedy in the western city of Nara, where Japan's longest-serving modern leader was gunned down in a rare act of political violence while making a campaign speech.

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