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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country in which political violence is rare and guns are tightly controlled.
A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke at a drab traffic island in the western city of Nara, Japanese media reported.
It was the first assassination of a sitting or former Japanese premier since the days of prewar militarism in the 1930s.
The hospital that tried to save him said he died at 5:03 p.m. (0803 GMT), about five and a half hours after he was shot. A doctor said Abe had bled to death from two deep wounds, one on the right side of his neck. He had no vital signs when he was brought in.
High quality footage of the ex PM of Japan, Shinzo Abe being shot at from behind with an improvised double barreled shotgun .pic.twitter.com/5XFbUAjNUj
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Breaking : suspect is identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old resident of the city of Nara.
Japanese media reports say, that the suspect is a former Maritime Self-Defense Force member.— Dr Moriarty (@aarjunx) July 8, 2022