Zip gun, the handmade gun used to kill former Japan PM Shinzo Abe
India Today
A handmade gun was possibly used in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a country with strict gun control laws.
In May 1984, two inmates at a German jail used metal bedposts, match-heads, light bulbs and simple batteries to create a gun and stage a jail-break. Over the years, several versions of such improvised firearms -- widely known as Zip guns -- have been reported across the world. A similar homemade gun was possibly used in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a country with strict gun control laws.
Former Japanese Abe Shinzo was shot in the chest while making a speech at an election campaign in Nara, Japan on Friday. Shortly after he was shot, police captured 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami as a suspect in the case. Police also retrieved the gun from where Abe was shot at.
While the investigation into the incident is underway, visuals shown by local media provide important clues to the weapon used in the assassination of the former prime minister.
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According to Japan-based NHK World, Abe was shot twice by a likely homemade firearm during a speech in the western city of Nara. A careful look at publically available images ruled out the use of sophisticated factory-made weapon in the incident.
"We tried to resuscitate him but, unfortunately, he died at 5:03 pm", NHK quoted Doctor Fukushima Hidetada of Nara Medical University.
Abe's visit was only made public a day before and the details of his schedule were released through social media.
