Japan’s former PM dies after being shot during campaign speech

YEREVAN, July 8, /ARKA/. Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech outside a train station in the western city of Nara, TASS reported.

Abe was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech. He was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment but his heart had stopped. He was pronounced dead later at the hospital.

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

Police arrested the suspected gunman, Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, at the scene of the attack.-0-