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    Japan's Ex-PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot at campaign event

    The 67-year-old Abe was Japan's longest-serving leader before stepping down for health reasons in 2020.

    Japans Ex-PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot at campaign event
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    Shinzo Abe

    NARA: Japan's NHK television says former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech.

    Abe was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech Friday in Nara in western Japan. He was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment but was not breathing and his heart had stopped. He was pronounced dead later at the hospital.

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    The 67-year-old Abe was Japan's longest-serving leader before stepping down for health reasons in 2020.

    Police arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of the attack, which shocked people in a country known as one of the world's safest.

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