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Nagasaki Mayor Itoh dies after being shot

 

Nagasaki City Mayor Itoh Iccho was shot by a gangster in Nagasaki City at around 7:50 p.m. on April 17. He died at a hospital before dawn on April 18.

 

   Immediately after the incident, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued the following statement:

 

   At the news that Nagasaki City Mayor Itoh Iccho was shot during his mayoral election campaign and is now in a critical condition, I express my severe condemnation of the person who committed this dreadful act.

 

   This act is a violent attack against freedom and democracy in Japan and must not be condoned.

 

   Sincerely wishing for Mayor Itohfs recovery, I strongly urge the authorities concerned to thoroughly investigate this incident and take the necessary steps to effectively prevent such assassination attempts from recurring.

- Akahata, April 18, 2007

 

 

 

 




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