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Events on Friday 8 July 2022 2
2022Shinzo Abe AssassinatedFormer Japanese PM shot during campaign speechShinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated while giving a campaign speech in Nara. He was shot with a homemade firearm by a 41-year-old man who blamed a religious group for his family's financial ruin. The killing shocked Japan, a country with almost no gun violence.
2022Shinzo Abe assassinatedJapan's longest-serving prime minister shot at a campaign rallyShinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was shot and killed while campaigning in Nara on 8 July 2022.