NHK, Tokyo, July 8 : Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died in hospital after he was shot at a political campaign event, say local media.
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party officials say former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has died. Abe was shot during a speech Friday in the western city of Nara.
An NHK reporter on site heard what sounded like two gunshots at around 11:30 a.m. She saw Abe collapse and bleed, before he was taken to hospital.
Police say they have arrested a 41-year-old man for attempted murder. Defense Ministry sources say he worked for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for three years up to 2005.
Abe was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. He was 67.
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