Turkish Press: Mayor's assassination stuns Japan

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"Stunned Japanese laid flowers and called for even tighter controls on guns after the mayor of Nagasaki was shot dead by a member of the nation's largest underworld gang.

The rare political killing in one of the world's safest countries led authorities to tighten security around political leaders ahead of local polls this Sunday, in which the mayor was campaigning for re-election.

"This criminal act during the election campaign is a challenge to democracy. It cannot be forgiven no matter what," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters in Tokyo."

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=171967

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