The mayor of Nagasaki city, which is famous as the victim city of the atomic bomb, was shot and killed by a thug. The mayor was totally innocent. He has been calling for the total abolition of nuclear weapons for a long time. He was only 61 years old. He would have done a great job if he had time. I feel sorry for his bereaved family.
Heinous crimes are getting popular in Japan these days, clouding the future of the myth of a safe society. What's happening in Japan?
(Vocabulary)
heinous (フォーマル) 〈行為・犯罪などが〉 凶悪な, 非道な
thug (けなして) 暴漢, 殺し屋
bereaved [形](フォーマル)(親友・肉親などに) 死なれた, 先立たれた
myth 間違った通念, 俗説, 作り話； 神話
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