TOKYO—Mourners remembered former Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe
at his funeral on Tuesday, and his coffin was pushed previous Parliament and the prime minister’s workplace the place he ruled for greater than eight years.
Mr. Abe was shot and killed at a political rally on July 8. He was 67 years outdated. Police arrested 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, who’s suspected of capturing Mr. Abe utilizing a selfmade gun.
The funeral was held at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo. At the service inside, attended by a comparatively small group of household and buddies, Mr. Abe’s widow, Akie, stated the sudden demise of her husband was like a dream.
“As a politician, he left behind much to be done, but he planted many seeds and I believe they will come into bud,” Mrs. Abe instructed the mourners, in line with public broadcaster NHK.
With crowds lining the streets, a automotive carrying Mr. Abe’s coffin drove previous the locations the place he spent his almost 30-year profession as a lawmaker together with the Parliament constructing and the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
It entered the grounds of the prime minister’s workplace the place he served from 2006 to 2007 and once more from 2012 to 2020, making him the longest-serving holder of the workplace in Japanese historical past. Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida
and different dignitaries bowed because the automotive drove previous.
Police stated the suspect, Mr. Yamagami, instructed investigators that he was offended at a spiritual group to which his mom had contributed cash. Mr. Yamagami stated he focused Mr. Abe as a result of he believed the previous chief had ties to the group, police stated.
On Monday, the pinnacle of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, an offshoot of a church based in South Korea by the Rev. Moon Sun-Myung, stated Mr. Yamagami’s mom joined the church within the late Nineteen Nineties, made donations and usually attended occasions however his mom went bankrupt in 2002.
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