[日총리 겨냥 폭발물 테러]
24-year-old male homebrew bomb attack
Kishida, fleeing just before it explodes
A series of terror attacks targeting the current Prime Minister of Japan
An incident occurred in which a man in his 20s threw a homemade explosive at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an election campaign. It has been nine months since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed by a priest during a campaign in July of last year. Prime Minister Kishida was not hurt, but the Japanese archipelago was in shock as there were a series of terror attacks targeting former and current prime ministers and the G7 summit to be held in Hiroshima next month was imminent.
According to Japanese media on the 16th, at around 11:26 a.m. on the 15th, a man in the crowd threw an object in the form of a silver pipe toward Prime Minister Kishida, who was about to hold an election campaign at Saikazaki Fishing Port in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture, southern Osaka. threw
Prime Minister Kishida looked back when the scene was disturbed with the sound of something falling behind him, and immediately after the bodyguard pushed the object away, he unfolded a bulletproof cover and wrapped it around the prime minister. The suspect, a man in his 20s who threw the object, was immediately subdued by nearby citizens and then arrested by the police. The explosives hit the ground and 52 seconds later there was a “pop” sound, but Prime Minister Kishida fled the scene before that.
Japanese police have identified the suspect as Ryuji Kimura, a 24-year-old man living in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. While the suspect is exercising his right to remain silent, the police are raiding the suspect’s home and investigating the motive of the incident. Prime Minister Kishida was campaigning in support ahead of the unification local elections on the second half of the 23rd and the elections for the mid-senior and upper house councilors in five constituencies. His campaign schedule was published on the website of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and on social media of candidates on the 14th.
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At around 11:26 am on the 15th, an event was held at Saikazaki Fishing Port in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. A quiet port town, a small provincial town mainly engaged in inshore fishing, quickly turned into mayhem. When Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who visited this place to campaign for the House of Representatives by-election, was hit by an object in the form of a metal pipe that flew from behind, people were thrown into confusion. Ryuji Kimura (24), who threw the object, was immediately overpowered by fishermen and bodyguards nearby. Tens of seconds later, when the explosion sounded and smoke rose from the fallen object, people shouted “run away” and ran away. 52 seconds total. It was the moment when the nightmare of the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the site of the election campaign for the Nara Prefectural Council of Representatives nine months ago came back to life.
● 52 seconds after throwing a steel pipe-shaped object, ‘Pung’
zoom inRyuji Kimura, a 24-year-old man who threw a homemade explosive at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an election campaign in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, is arrested by police while lying face down. Wakayama = AP NewsisPrime Minister Kishida arrived at the fishing port this morning, tasted seafood in front of the citizens, said “delicious,” and then walked to the campaign site several tens of meters away. Just as he was about to start his speech, an object in the shape of a silver iron pipe flew over the heads of the people in a parabolic arc and landed only 30cm behind the prime minister. People muttered, “What is it?” and the bodyguard quickly pushed the object away with a bulletproof cover and surrounded the prime minister.
At that time, Mr. Nishide (54), a fisherman wearing a red top and vest, approached Kimura. Kimura held another iron pipe-shaped object in one hand and what appeared to be a lighter in the other, seemingly about to make his second throw. Nishide-san wrapped one arm around Kimura’s head, tightened it, and knocked him down. Immediately the bodyguards, the police, and another fisherman rushed in and pinned him to the ground. Kimura was dragged out without much resistance.
Police arrested Kimura on charges of obstruction of business. He is known to have exercised his right to remain silent, including the motive for the incident, saying, “I will tell you when the lawyer comes.” According to local police, a 13 cm long fruit peeler was found in the gray backpack he was wearing at the time. It seems that when the explosives went unexploded, they tried to inflict harm in other ways. Police seized and searched his home in Hyogo Prefecture from the morning of the 16th, and obtained items that looked like gunpowder, a computer, and about 10 paper boxes of data.
Prime Minister Kishida expressed his gratitude over the phone to the fishermen who subdued the suspect at the campaign site. Nishide, who learned judo when he was in elementary school, said in a media interview, “I was approaching to take a picture, but I saw the man in front of me on the left throwing something, and I grabbed (him) before I knew it. He recalled the case of former Prime Minister Abe nine months ago, and he thought, ‘No way’.”
● Shocked by a series of terror attacks targeting former and current prime ministers
The Japanese archipelago was shocked when a series of incidents in which the lives of former and incumbent prime ministers were attempted with hand-made guns and explosives in Japan, which is considered to be relatively safe, occurred one after another in the past nine months.
In an interview with NHK on the 15th, terrorism expert Isao Itabashi, director of the Research Center for the Public Policy Investigation Group, said, “This incident is a very serious incident targeting the incumbent prime minister. will be,” he said.
The explosive used this time is known as a so-called ‘pipe bomb’ filled with gunpowder in an iron pipe, and the recipe can be easily found online. In other words, anyone is exposed to the risk of easily manufacturing lethal weapons if they set their minds to it.
On the 16th, Prime Minister Kishida continued his election support campaign in Oita Prefecture and elsewhere. Security was further strengthened at the scene, with police encircling the podium and designating a place for audience members to gather. Attention is focusing on how this incident will affect the second half of the local elections on the 23rd and the by-election for the House of Councillors. In the House of Councilors elections immediately following the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe last year, constitutional reform forces such as the Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory.
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Source: Donga
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