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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My ningen, what? I need some context to this; all I kinda remember is that shinzo abe was a Japanese official of some sort? PM or something?

[–] tehevilone 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He got assassinated by someone last year over his family's ties to the Unification Church. The guy used a homemade shotgun, pretty much, made out of pipe.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It is also important to note that when he gave his explanation of why he did it, a large amount of people sympathized with him. And they're not wrong for doing so.

[–] hedgehogging_the_bed 5 points 1 year ago

Dude was both sympathetic and what he wanted was kinda reasonable. He'll probably get it too.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/04/japan-may-seek-to-dissolve-moonies-church-in-wake-of-shinzo-abe-killing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Absolutely wild, ty for the explanation