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Live Updates: Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot during speech in Nara
Live Updates: Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot during speech in Nara
Taiyler Simone MitchellJul 8, 2022, 11:30 IST
Former Japan PM Shinzo AbePool/Getty Images
Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed during a political speech in Nara on Friday.
US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, confirmed on Twitter that Abe was shot.
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Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during his press conference at the prime minister official residence in Tokyo on August 28, 2020.Frank Robichon/Pool/AFP/Getty Images