Japan’s Ex Leader Shinzo Abe Assassinated While Giving Speech

  • Japan’s former leader shot to death.
  • The suspected attacker is reported to be a man in his 40s.
  • Shinto died in the hospital where he was receiving treatment.

Japan’s national broadcaster has confirmed that the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died.


A public broadcaster NHK reports that Shinzo Abe died in the hospital where he was receiving medical treatment, near to the attack in Nara, a senior Liberal Democratic Party official has said.


The former Prime Minister was reportedly shot while giving a campaign speech.
Abe, 67, remains Japan’s longest serving prime minister.


The suspected attacker – reported to be a man in his 40s – was tackled at the scene and arrested.

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