Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe dies following shooting during election campaign

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. The shooter opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind as the former premier addressed members of the public on… Read More Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe dies following shooting during election campaign

Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot while giving campaign speech

Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man armed with an apparently homemade gun opened fired at him from behind. Police said a 41-year-old man suspected of carrying out the shooting in the western city of Nara had been arrested.… Read More Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot while giving campaign speech