Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

October 12, 1960

Politician Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed with a sword during a televised debate. The assassin, 17-year-old right-wing ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi, committed suicide weeks afterward while in a detention facility. He became a martyr for the Japanese far-right and commemorations in his honor have continued to this day.

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