Holy shit that’s nuts.
Abe was still popular in Japan, no?
Looks like the first shot misses, he turns, then the second shot hits him and he collapses.
https://mobile.twitter.com/yamaneko2011/status/1545297780562096128?t=o5WQl9PcPgWS4QiagPVqwg&s=19
Can someone give some more info on the homemade gun? When I first heard it I thought it was from one of those kits that you can order online, but it seems like this guy actually just MacGyvered something out of stuff he had lying around the house.
What does one use for ammo in this situation? Is that homemade also?
For a shotgun at point blank range, there is a lot of shit you can use for ammo. Pretty much anything metal that can fit in the tube. Gunpowder would be a little more difficult, but should be doable.
I think you can just make a gun with a metal tube, some homemade gunpowder, and some ball bearings as ammo. You’ll have to figure out the mechanism to ignite the powder and it might only be good for one shot, but I’m sure most of us can figure it out with some research on the internet.
For anyone who wants to delve deeper than a Wiki entry:
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Prime minister of Finland.
Looks like the organization is the Unification church (Moonies)
The mother of the man accused of assassinating Shinzo Abe is a member of the Unification church, which the suspect has cited as a motive for his fatal shooting of the former Japanese prime minister last week.
The church, whose members are colloquially known as Moonies, confirmed at a press conference on Monday that the mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, who was detained moments after he shot Abe from behind during an election campaign speech on Friday, attends meetings about once a month.
Yamagami, 41, has told investigators he had initially intended to target the organisation’s leader, but that he had also intended to kill Abe, whom he claimed had promoted the church in Japan. He said his mother had made a “huge donation” to the church more than 20 years ago that had crippled the family’s finances.
The video is crazy.
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Oh good, fascism on the rise in Italy.
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1568338147238445059?s=46&t=zHASomLAqP8oHBjeiaYtOQ
Not exactly on the rise, only under new management. The far-right Lega is being replaced by the far-right Brothers of Italy.
Well if there has to be fascism somewhere it might as well be the birthplace.
At least it’s Italy so the government coalition probably collapses in about three months. I read reports there’s already cracks appearing between lega and brothers over Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/hdagres/status/1572310005595906050?s=21
Serious protests going on in Iran after a young woman died after being detained by the religious police
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detained and brutally beaten.
the online protest of women cutting off their hair was really powerful too.
tangentially, russia got a third shipment of Iranian drones yesterday, tracked and pointed out by AFU intelligence. it would be a shame if one of like 3 countries that’s helping ru suddenly had to deal with possible regime change