Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is assassinated at a campaign rally

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated at a campaign rally

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Police tackled and arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of an attack

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Shinzo Abe was Japan's longest-serving prime minister

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He was in the city of Nara, in the southwest, campaigning for a parliamentary election when he was shot

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Assassination of Japan's Shinzo Abe stuns world leader

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Shinzo Abe was born on 21 September 1954 in Tokyo to a prominent political family

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Former US President Donald Trump called Abe a “great man” and a “true friend.

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French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted that "Japan has lost a great prime minister, who dedicated his life to his country

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People in Japan could be seen reading extra editions of the Friday paper with Abe’s picture large on the front page, or stopping to watch the news on TV.

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