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Analysis: The 2.5 seconds of security lapses that sealed Shinzo Abe’s fate

Analysis: The 2.5 seconds of security lapses that sealed Shinzo Abe’s fate

SATOSHI SUGIYAMA, SAM NUSSEY and JU-MIN PARK BODYGUARDS could have saved Shinzo Abe if they shielded him or removed him from the line of fire in the 2.5 seconds between a missed first shot and a second round of gunfire that fatally wounded him, according to eight security experts who reviewed footage of the former Japanese leader's assassination. The failure to protect Abe from the second shot followed what appeared to be a series of security lapses in the lead-up to the assassination of Japan's longest-serving prime minister on July 8, the Japanese and international experts said. Abe's killing in…
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Chadian army battles rebels in northern town

Chadian army battles rebels in northern town

MAHAMAT RAMADANE CHAD’S army battled with rebels yesterday near the town of Nokou, about 20 km (12 miles) from where former president Idriss Deby was fatally wounded 10 days ago, rebels and the army said. Deby was killed on April 19 as he visited troops fighting Libya-based rebels from the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), which opposed his 30-year rule. A military council headed by his son took control of Chad after his death, a move which opposition politicians have condemned as a coup. The rebels issued a statement on Thursday saying they had taken control of…
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