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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

Man who attacked Japan’s ex-PM Kishida sentenced to 10 years in jail

A Japanese man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to assassinate former prime minister Fumio Kishida with a pipe bomb at a 2023 campaign event.

A court in Wakayama prefecture in western Japan sentenced 25-year-old Ryuji Kimura to 10 years in prison for attempting to kill Mr Kishida at an election event at a small fishing port in the western city of Wakayama in April 2023.

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