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Japanese ex-PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot during election campaign

| Updated: July 08, 2022 21:26:36


Japanese ex-PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot during election campaign

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died, according to Japan's national broadcaster, BBC reports.

Abe, 67, who remains Japan's longest serving prime minister, was shot while giving a campaign speech.

The suspected attacker - reported to be a man in his 40s - was tackled at the scene and arrested.

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