Shinzo Abe was shot while giving a campaign speech at an event in the city of Nara in western Japan, two days before the House of Councilors election.
Shinzo Abe was shot while giving a campaign speech at an event in the city of Nara in western Japan, two days before the House of Councilors election.
On site medics battled to save the former Prime Ministers life and he was airlifted to hospital but unfortunately no vital signs were detected and after 4 hours of treatment Abe was declared dead.
Gun crime is incredibly rare in Japan, and footage of the scene taken from a news helicopter apeared to show a makeshift weapon of some kind on th…