Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Dies at 67 After Assassination

Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been assassinated by a gunman during a campaign speech Friday in Nara, Japan.

Abe was in the middle of a speech on the street when he was shot. Witnesses heard two loud bangs accompanied by smoke, causing confusion at the scene.

According to local reports, Abe suffered fatal bullet wounds. local reports say.

Police arrested a 41-year old local man on charges of attempted murder and confiscated a homemade gun.

The shooter dressed in a gray shirt and khaki pants, has been identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, and he had worked for the Maritime Self Defense Force for three years until around 2005, according to Defense sources.

There is currently no known motive over the attack but the shooter allegedly had “no grudge against Abe’s political beliefs,” according to Japanese police.

Source: MSN

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