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Japanese ex-PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot during election campaign

| Updated: July 08, 2022 21:26:36


Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died, according to Japan's national broadcaster, BBC reports.

Abe, 67, who remains Japan's longest serving prime minister, was shot while giving a campaign speech.

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

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