This is the clunky, homemade weapon used to assassinate former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe Friday in a country that has some of the strictest gun laws in the world.
Pictures from the shocking attack appear to show the killer — identified as— tossing the crude, black tape-covered firearm moments after gunning down the ex-prime minister.
Moment killer appears to toss the homemade weapon after gunning down Japan’s longest serving leader, Shinzo Abe.The “craft-made” firearm appeared to be similar to a Civil War-era musket, in which the gunpowder or the propellant is loaded separately to the bullet projectile, according to N.R. Jenzen-Jones, the director of Armament Research Services, a specialist arms investigations firm.
The shooting was particularly shocking in a country that prides itself on having some of the strictest gun laws in the world.
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