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**Mick** · 08-07-2022, 11:14

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Mr Abe was shot from behind with what appeared to be a homemade gun.

It is the first assassination of a sitting or former Japanese premier since the 1930s.

Mr Abe held his chest as he collapsed, his shirt smeared with blood. NHK showed footage of security guards running towards him.

A puff of white smoke was seen as he made a campaign speech outside a railway station ahead of elections to Japan's upper house on Sunday.

A reporter at the scene said they heard two consecutive bangs during Mr Abe's address.

His death was also confirmed by a source within the ruling Liberal Democrat Party, Reuters reported.

https://news.sky.com/story/shinzo-ab...-says-12648011