The actions of the guards of Shinzo Abe during the assassination attempt were commented by an employee of the Ninth Directorate of the KGB, which carried out the protection of the first persons of the state

“At the guards in the zone that they were supposed to hold, a man with a Berdan passed. Apparently, the event was not provided with several rings of protection, security, and the person clearly knew about this and was preparing. The situation is strange.

Shot from behind. Thus, their rear was either completely bare or poorly provided. During public events, there is such a thing as holding the corridor to the exit. The retreat is always back to the machines, not forward to the people. Why this was not done is a big question.

The rear guard overslept, and the back of the guarded must always be covered. This is straight up true. The guards are placed in such a way as to block the angles of possible shelling. A person with a suitcase should work on the guy, there is a machine gun, it has a wider scope. The guard didn’t even flinch at the first shot. Only after the second time did it start working. The armor folder didn’t work at all.

In short, there will be a large debriefing apparently.

It is worth noting that in Japan, in general, the situation with the protection of acting top officials is strange. I remember that during Gorbachev’s historic visit to Japan, almost all the guards were told to leave their weapons on the plane, allowing only four assigned employees to take them. All the rest were unarmed. At the same time, the Japanese took over all the security, guaranteed “