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Renewed attention has focused on the July 2022 shooting assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, after it emerged that a Nara Prefectural Police officer on security duty ran forward immediately after the gunshots and collided with a bystander at the scene, knocking them down and breaking their right hand. On the 9th, Nara Prefecture announced it would pay roughly ¥39 million in damages to the victim and settle the matter, and said it would submit a supplementary budget bill covering the payout to the September regular prefectural assembly session. On 5ch, comments poured in saying things like “That’s a crazy amount for just a broken bone” and “Sounds like there might be lasting aftereffects,” sparking debate over whether the payout is reasonable and how compensation claims against the state and local governments actually work.
On the 9th, Nara Prefecture announced it would pay approximately ¥39 million in damages and reach a settlement with the victim, after a prefectural police officer collided with and injured a bystander during the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. A supplementary budget bill including the compensation will be submitted to the September regular prefectural assembly session.
The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. on July 8, 2022, in front of Yamato-Saidaiji Station on the Kintetsu line in Nara City, where former Prime Minister Abe (then 67) was shot and killed.
According to the prefectural police’s security division, the officer on guard duty at the scene ran out immediately after the shots were fired and struck a bystander on the sidewalk, knocking them down. The bystander suffered a serious injury — a broken right hand — and the contents of their bag were also damaged.
Source: mainichi.jp / Original article here
What people said
That'd be traumatic — the guy got flattened right while Abe was dying.
From what I can tell it's just a broken bone.
That's insane.
Seriously an insane amount. If it's really just a broken bone, that should be more like ¥300,000.
Same. For that kind of money I'd happily trade places for a broken bone.
It's because there are lasting aftereffects.
Given the amount, they've probably got some kind of lasting disability.
Is this how much you get when you're up against the government?
No, it's Nara Prefectural Police, not the national government.
If anything, when it's the state or a local government you usually just get the standard calculated amount, maybe with a little extra on top.
What an idiot.
Go back to Japanese school.
That's on you.
Wouldn't getting the actual treatment costs covered be enough? Is that not satisfying?
I think covering the treatment costs is only natural, and maybe a little extra on top, but tens of millions of yen? That's just too much, don't you think?
Background and key points of this story
The compensation to the bystander is based on Japan’s State Redress Act, under which Nara Prefecture bears responsibility for damages caused by the actions of an officer on security duty. As for whether the amount is appropriate, it likely factors in more than just treatment costs for a simple fracture — things like lasting disability, pain-and-suffering damages, and lost income — which can make it look far removed from what people typically expect for a broken bone. In the thread, many speculated about the reasoning behind the payout, with comments like “That’s way too much for just a broken bone” and “Maybe there are lasting aftereffects,” while unverified rumors also spread about the identity of a person caught on camera at the scene. It’s worth noting that this announcement concerns compensation to the bystander injured in contact with the officer, and is a separate administrative matter from uncovering the truth of the assassination itself or the progress of the investigation.
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