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Assassination of Shinzo Abe

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Assassination of Shinzo Abe
On 8 July 2022, Shinzo Abe, a former prime minister of Japan and a serving member of the House of Representatives, was assassinated while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in the city of Nara in Nara Prefecture.[5][6][7] At approximately 11:30 JST (UTC+9), while delivering a campaign speech for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate, Abe was shot from behind at close range by a homemade firearm.[1] A suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, was apprehended at the scene. Abe was transported by medical helicopter to Nara Medical University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 17:03 JST, five and a half hours after the shooting.[8]

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