Reuters Analysis: 2.5 seconds when Shinzo Abe's life could be saved

According to Reuters, the close security of Abe could rescue him if he was protected or removed from the line of fire for 2.5 seconds between the first shot and the second round of shootings that injured him to death, according to eight security experts who have seen the record of the murder of the former Japanese leader.

Failure to protect Abe from the second shot is due to what appears to be a series of security mistakes on the eve of Japan's longest-lived prime minister's assassination on July 8th, Japanese and international experts said.

The suspected man who shot Abe, Yamame, approached about seven meters from Abe before shooting his first shot, which s quite shot. He fired the second shot, which was hit about 5m away, reportedly.

Abe's bodyguards did not seem to have around security protection around him, said John Soltys, a former Navy officer and the CIA now a vice president at the Prosegur security firm. They had no kind of oversight in the crowd. ”

Asked about expert analysis, the Nara Prefect Police, responsible for the security of Abe's campaign, told Reuters in a statement that the department was “committed to fully identifying security problems” with Abe's defence, refusing to comment further.

Shinzo Abe was killed by a man who used a weapon made himself on July 8th in the town of Nara during a speech Abe was giving in the election campaign.

He was transported by helicopter to the hospital but did not escape injuries and died in a few hours.