April 18, 2007
“I express my severe condemnation of the person who committed this dreadful act. This act is a violent attack against freedom and democracy in Japan and must not be condoned,” Shii stated in his statement.
Nagasaki City Mayor Itoh Iccho was shot by a gangster in Nagasaki City at around 7:50 p.m. on April 17. He died at a hospital before dawn on April 18.
Immediately after the incident, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued the following statement:
At the news that Nagasaki City Mayor Itoh Iccho was shot during his mayoral election campaign and is now in a critical condition, I express my severe condemnation of the person who committed this dreadful act.
This act is a violent attack against freedom and democracy in Japan and must not be condoned.
Sincerely wishing for Mayor Itoh’s recovery, I strongly urge the authorities concerned to thoroughly investigate this incident and take the necessary steps to effectively prevent such assassination attempts from recurring.
- Akahata, April 18, 2007
Immediately after the incident, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued the following statement:
At the news that Nagasaki City Mayor Itoh Iccho was shot during his mayoral election campaign and is now in a critical condition, I express my severe condemnation of the person who committed this dreadful act.
This act is a violent attack against freedom and democracy in Japan and must not be condoned.
Sincerely wishing for Mayor Itoh’s recovery, I strongly urge the authorities concerned to thoroughly investigate this incident and take the necessary steps to effectively prevent such assassination attempts from recurring.
- Akahata, April 18, 2007
