U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson: 'Incredibly sad news about Shinzo Abe. His global leadership through unchartered times will be remembered by many.'
FILE - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, on Sept. 25, 2017. Japanâs NHK television says former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech. Abe was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech Friday, July 8, 2022, in Nara in western Japan. He was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment but was not breathing and his heart had stopped.
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. Known to be a hard-line conservative inside his party, Abe served as chief cabinet secretary from 2005 to 2006 under Junichiro Koizumi. He was then elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party and became Japan's prime minister in 2006 at the age of 52 -- the country's youngest prime minister since World War II.
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