Tripti Nath/ New Delhi

Japan’s National Police Agency has announced a review of the security arrangements on the day of the fatal attack on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has blamed inadequate police protection for Abe's death and urged the National Public Safety Commission and the National Police Agency to " fix what needs to be fixed, while also studying examples in other countries.''

Kishida's suggestion is not surprising given the fact that the humble and near perfect Japanaese are always willing to learn from others.

The former Japanese PM was addressing a pre senate election stump meeting near the Yamatosadoaji station in Nara when he was shot two times in quick succession with a handmade gun. Abe suffered two bullet wounds on his neck and damage to his heart. The suspect, identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, is a local resident of Nara and had once worked with the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Forces. He told the police that he killed Abe as he had a grudge against a “ certain organization”, which he believed the former PM was involved with.

Japan’s leading newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun quoted NPA Commissioner General Itaru Nakamura as saying that an inspection team has been constituted to review the issues with the security and protection procedures at the scene of the July 8 attack in Nara. “ The failure to fulfil the responsibility of dignitary protection has had grave consequences, “ Nakamura said.

The newspaper reported that the team will establish why security was lax in the first place, given the fact that Abe was a former Prime Minister who still wielded significant influence and why the police failed to prevent the 41 year old suspect Tetsuya Yamagami from approaching Abe from behind.

The actions taken by the security personnel accompanying Abe will also be looked at.

A former police officer with experience in protecting dignitaries was quoted by the newspaper as saying, “ Security personnel should have taken such evasive action as getting Abe on the ground. May be the reason they could not do so is because they were not standing close enough to Abe.’’

The newspaper quoted a senior police officer at the Metropolitan Police Department as saying that even though regional police forces have limited personnel, the number of police officers at the crime scene were too small. “ If there had been more uniformed officers, the police presence would have been visible, and the suspect might have thought twice about staging the attack.’’