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Assassination of Shinzo Abe, a Rare card
On 8 July 2022, Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan and serving member of the Japanese House of Representatives, was assassinated while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 97
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 192
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 480,000
Power 192 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Abe was delivering a campaign speech for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate when he was fatally shot by 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami with an improvised firearm.
- Abe was transported via medical helicopter to Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara, where he was pronounced dead.
- Leaders from many nations expressed shock and dismay at Abe's assassination, which was the first of a former Japanese prime minister since Saitō Makoto and Takahashi Korekiyo during the February 26 incident in 1936, as well as the first of a major political figure in Japan since Inejiro Asanuma's assassination in 1960.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Assassination of Shinzo Abe article was read about 480,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 97 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Assassination of Shinzo Abe
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Assassination of Shinzo Abe (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tokumeigakarinoaoshima, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

