Crowds line Tokyo streets to mourn former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Crowds gathered on Tuesday to pay respects and lay flowers near former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's private funeral at Zojoji temple in Tokyo.

Abe was shot and killed in Nara on Friday while campaigning for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate.

Officials identified the gunman as 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami. Police are still investigating possible motives, but so far Yamagami has told the police he had "a grudge" against a "certain group." But the authorities haven't identified the organization or explained its connection to Abe.

[happygp]

RIP Shinzo Abe, rest with the dream that the Great Nippon Empire is finally ruling the whole East Asia again.

[andresmattos]

My condolences to the victims of. Unit 731