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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Shinzo Abe: man sets himself alight in protest at state funeral for killed Japan PM

Police officers investigate the site near Japanese prime minster Fumio Kishida’s official residence where a man protesting a state funeral for Shinzo Abe set himself on fire.
Police officers investigate the site near Japanese prime minster Fumio Kishida’s official residence where a man protesting a state funeral for Shinzo Abe set himself on fire.
Photograph: KYODO/Reuters

A man has set himself alight near the Japanese prime minister’s office, apparently in protest against next week’s state funeral for the country’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe.

The man, who has not been named, was initially unconscious and sustained burns over his entire body after the incident in Tokyo on Wednesday morning, less than a week before the controversial send-off for Abe, who was shot dead in July.

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