The Latest Breaking News from Shinzo Abe

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha joined world leaders in expressing shock and concern at the shooting of former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe on Friday.

Japanese former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead while he spoke at an election rally in the western region of Nara on Friday. The attack drew immediate condemnation, with world leaders praising Abe's "global leadership".

Two shots were heard before Mr Abe collapsed to the ground while giving a public speech on the campaign trail for a national election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man armed with an apparently homemade gun opened fired at him from behind.

The former Japanese prime minister was shot while giving an election campaign speech.

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Attack on former PM has sent shockwaves through country with one of world’s lowest rates of gun violence

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Suspect arrested after Shinzo Abe fatally wounded in a gun attack in the western city of Nara.

JAPANESE leader Fumio Kishida has said former prime minister Shinzo Abe is in a “severe condition” after being shot at a campaign event.

Born into a prominent political family, Shinzo Abe, who was shot at a campaign event Friday in western Japan, had been the country's longest-serving prime minister

Twitter users were quick to slap down new Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi's claims as Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is fighting for his life and not dead