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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gino Spocchia

NPR forced to delete tweet calling Shinzo Abe a ‘divisive arch-conservative’ after his assassination

REUTERS

America’s public radio broadcaster NPR was forced to delete a tweet calling Shinzo Abe “a divisive arch-conservative” amid backlash on social media.

NPR posted its tweet just house after the former Japanese prime minister was assassinated in the city of Nara.

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