Shinzo Abe assassination: Japan’s national police chief to resign over failure to save former leader's life
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In the wake of Shinzo Abe's assassination, Japan’s national police chief Itaru Nakamura said he would resign. A new report revealed problems with Abe's police protection.
Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, falls on the ground in Nara, western Japan Friday, July 8, 2022. (Katsuhiko Hirano/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP) In this image from a video, the shooting suspect, center, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara, western Japan Friday, July 8, 2022. (Kyodo News via AP) Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is carried on a stretcher as he arrives at a hospital in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, July 8, 2022. (The Asahi Shimbun/via REUTERS ) A police officer detains a man, believed to have shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Nara, western Japan July 8, 2022. (The Asahi Shimbun/via REUTERS) Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech before he was shot from behind by a man in Nara, western Japan July 8, 2022. (The Asahi Shimbun/via REUTERS) A man believed to be a suspect in the shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is held by police officers. (The Yomiuri Shimbun/via REUTERS ) Lorraine Taylor is an editor at Fox News. News tips can be sent to lorraine.taylor@fox.com or on Twitter @LorraineEMT.
Nakamura did not say when his resignation would be official.
The police report found holes in Abe's police protection that allowed the alleged attacker to shoot him from behind.
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