attempted assassination of Fumio Kishida
2023 CE.
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On 15 April 2023, a pipe bomb exploded near Fumio Kishida, the then-prime minister of Japan, who came to the fishing port of Saikazaki, Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, in the Kansai region to give a campaign stump speech for the 2023 Wakayama 1st district by-election. Just before Kishida was to give a stump speech, a man threw a pipe bomb. The man who threw the object was captured by local fishermen and the police. Kishida was not injured because he was evacuated at the moment the pipe bomb was thrown. Fifty seconds after the bomb was thrown, it exploded, injuring two people. The suspect, 24-year-old Ryūji Kimura (Japanese: 木村 隆二), had previously attempted to run in the July 2022 Upper House election but was blocked due to his age and inability to pay the deposit fee. Kimura subsequently filed a lawsuit accusing the eligibility laws of being unconstitutional.
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