Itaru Nakamura did not specify when his resignation would be effective.
Le Monde with AFP
The head of the Japanese national police, Itaru Nakamura, announced Thursday August 25 that he had resigned, after recognizing failures in the protection of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, murdered on July 8 during a meeting electoral.
“We have decided to reorganize our team and start again on new bases with regard to our security missions, and that is why I proposed my resignation,” said Nakamura at a conference Press. He did not specify when his resignation would be effective.
The man suspected of the murder of Shinzo Abe, Tetsuya Yamagami, was arrested on the scene and is currently the subject of a psychiatric assessment until the end of November. He told the police that he had targeted the former leader because of his links with the Church of Unification, also known as the sect Moon, which he hated.
The day after the assassination of Shinzo Abe, the police chief of the Nara prefecture, Tomoaki Onizuka, had admitted that he was “undeniable that there had been problems with the guard measures and security “of the former Prime Minister. “It is urgent that we are carrying out an in-depth investigation to clarify what happened,” he added.