Was there lapse in Shinzo Abe's security ?

Hindsight, they say, is always 20/20. While the Japanese National Police Agency is all set to investigate possible flaws in security of former PM Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated by a military veteran on Friday in Nara, the video footage of the shooting from various angles reveals that the protectors could certainly have done a better job.

Reports from Japan indicate that the assassin shot the Japanese leader not for any political motives or his nationalism, but that Abe supported an unspecified organization. The epicaricacy of the Chinese propaganda media over the death of Japanese leader may be downright crass even though Abe raised Beijing’s hackles by coming out in support of Taiwan and was one of the founders of QUAD and the Indo-Pacific alliance. He was the man whom the Chinese hated, and India loved even after he had demitted the office of Prime Minister of Japan.

Abe not only cemented strategic ties with New Delhi but also helped recognize Buddhist sites in India by helping resurrect the Nalanda University in Rajgir in Bihar. By attending the Ganga Aarti in 2017 at Varanasi with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he linked Hinduism with Buddhism, which Beijing has been trying to co-opt for decades through client states Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Back to the assassination.