Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe assassinated: Photos from the scene
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - Japan’s longest-serving premier and a figure of enduring influence - died after being shot at a campaign event Friday (July 8) in an attack that shocked a nation where political violence and guns are rare. Mr Abe, 67, was shot from about 3 meters away with what appeared to be a homemade firearm in the western city of Nara, as he was giving a campaign speech for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party ahead of a Sunday election.
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A Twitter image of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) arriving for a campaign speech in Nara, Japan, on July 8, 2022.
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Mr Abe (centre) speaks during an election campaign outside Yamato-Saidaiji station in Nara.
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The situation at the scene after Mr Abe was shot while campaigning in Nara.
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Police and security officers swing into action after Mr Abe was shot.
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Mr Abe seen lying on the ground after he was shot.
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Security officers arrest a suspect who is believed to have shot Mr Abe in front of Nara's Yamato-Saidaiji station.
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An aerial view shows the site after Mr Abe was shot during an election campaign in Nara.
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A man believed to be Mr Abe is carried on a stretcher as he arrives at a hospital in Kashihara, Nara.
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Police officers at the scene where Mr Abe was shot during an election campaign in Nara.
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A woman reads a newspaper reporting on Mr Abe's shooting, in central Tokyo, Japan.
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A man, believed to be a suspect shooting Mr Abe, is held by police officers at Yamato-Saidaiji station in Nara.
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A screen grab shows Tetsuya Yamagami, a suspect believed to have shot Mr Abe.
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Mr Abe is transported into an ambulance near Yamato-Saidaiji station after being shot in the city of Nara.
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Mr Abe's wife, Akie Abe (centre), arrives by train in Nara before heading to Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara.
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Members of the media wait outside the Nara Medical University Hospital where Mr Abe was being treated.
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Japanese PM Fumio Kishida speaks to journalists at prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on July 8, 2022.
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A news report on Mr Abe being shot during a political event in Nara, in Tokyo, Japan, on July 8, 2022.
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A man looks at a television broadcast showing news about Mr Abe's shooting, along a street of Tokyo on July 8, 2022.
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Mr Abe delivering an election campaign speech at Kintetsu Yamato-Saidaiji station square in Nara before he was shot.
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Nara Medical University Hospital holding a press conference in Kashihara, where Mr Abe was taken after being shot.
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