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Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dies after being shot while campaigning

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [Reuters]

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, public broadcaster NHK said.

A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke at a drab traffic island in the western city of Nara, Japanese media showed earlier.

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