Gangster sentenced to death for fatal shooting of Nagasaki mayor

Gangster sentenced to death for fatal shooting of Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - Yuko Yokoo (R), a daughter of slain Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, and her husband Makoto, speak to the press in Nagasaki on May 26 after the Nagasaki District Court sentenced a 60-year-old gangster to death for the fatal shooting of the mayor during his election campaign last year.

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