Abe murder, police chief Nara takes ‘responsibility’ for security problems

“I feel the weight of my responsibility”. This is what the chief of police of Nara prefecture, Tomoaki Onizuka, said, where former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated yesterday during an electoral appointment. Onizuka, CNN reports, explained at a press conference that Abe’s security personnel followed the authorized plan. The police chief said he “cannot deny that there have been problems” with Abe’s security.