Ex-Japanese PM Abe assassinated

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Former Japanese premier, Shinzo Abe. File photo

from HARUTO NAKAMURA in Tokyo, Japan
Special Correspondent
TOKYO, (CAJ News) – FORMER Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been assassinated.

Abe, 67, was shot while delivering a speech near a train station in the western city of Nara when an assailant opened fire.

The former prime minister later died in a hospital following two gun shots before collapsing.

Security officials at the scene tackled the gunman, and the 41-year-old suspect is now in police custody.

………………..more to follow…………………..

– CAJ News

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