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The Accelerating Threat of the Political Assassination - War on the Rocks

Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware

When Shinzo Abe was slain weeks ago by an assailant wielding a homemade firearm, it sent shockwaves rippling around Japan and beyond, prompting a bewildered public to ask how such a disaster could be possible and, more importantly, what would happen in the aftermath.