Assasination of Ito Hirobumi

In October 1909, An passed the Imperial Japanese guards at the Harbin Railway Station. Itō Hirobumi
had come back from negotiating with the Russian representative on the train. An shot Itō three times
with an FN M1900 pistol on the railway platform. He also shot Kawagami Toshihiko (川上俊彦), the
Japanese Consul General,[12] Morita Jirō (森泰二郞), a Secretary of Imperial Household Agency, and
Tanaka Seitarō (田中淸太郞), an executive of South Manchuria Railway, who were seriously injured.
After the shooting, An yelled out for Korean independence in Russian, stating "Корея! Ура!" (Korea!
Hooray!), and waving the Korean flag.
Afterwards, An was arrested by Russian guards who held him for two days before turning him over to
Japanese colonial authorities. When he heard the news that Itō had died, he made the sign of the
cross in gratitude. An was quoted as saying, "I have ventured to commit a serious crime, offering my
life for my country. This is the behavior of a noble-minded patriot."[11] Despite the orders from the
Bishop of Korea not to administer the Sacraments to An, Fr. Wilhelm disobeyed and went to An to give
the Last Sacraments. An insisted that the captors call him by his baptismal name, Thomas.