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Respects, but back there, we understand the investigation is still very much underway, the police chief himself has said that he feels responsibility, he takes responsibility for what has happened, saying that there were problems, he cannot deny that there were problems with the security detail for shinzo abe on that day and that there is an investigation into that as well. as you say, there will be a funeral services on monday, there will be a wake for shinzo abe on tuesday, there will be a memorial service , we understand from nhk, public broadcasting here in japan, that they could well be j...

Himself, we have heard from police that he did not try and run away after he carried out this attack in broad daylight, 11:30 in the morning as shinzo abe was making an election campaign speech. you can see from the video -- well, you hear two shots, and you then see smoke followed by shinzo abe on the ground. now we understand 20 medical professionals were trying to save his life, according to medical officials, but he died from loss of blood. they could not stop the bleeding. they say one of the bullets had penetrated so far that it was almost at his heart. catastrophic injuries for the form...

Security detail itself. there is an investigation ongoing as to exactly what went wrong. phil. >> paula, there's no precedent for this, the assassination of a major political leader in the last 90 years in japan. what are we learning about the funeral arrangements for the former prime minister? sflr what we're expecting at this point, we heard from abe's office there will be a wake on monday and a memorial service on tuesday. nhk saying it will be led by shinzu abe's widow and mostly for family and also for close friends of shinzu abe. now, earlier, i should say sunday morning local now, satur...

Six barrels. they believe that the guns they saw, they believe all of those materials he purchased online. they also believe that he chose the most powerful of the weapons in order to carry out this attack. now the suspect himself did not run away after the attack. he was arrested. he admitted the shooting. and according to nhk, investigators say that he has admitted he has a hatred for a certain groups which he believes that shinzu abe was affiliated with. this is the closest we have got at this point as to some kind of motive for this attack. we understand there are 90 investigators working ...

They believe according to public forecaster broadcaster nhk that all the parts used in this handmade gun were purchased online. they believe the suspect used his most powerful weapon to carry out this attack. when it comes to motive for this assassination, what we've heard so far is that investigators say that he said he had hatred for a certain group, which he believed that shinzo abe was affiliated with. we don't know at this point what that group is or whether or not abe was affiliated, but that is the closest we have at this point to any kind of motive for friday's attack. now, of course t...