Former Japanese Prime Minister, Shenzhou Abe, is assassinated.

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murdered in broad daylight. He was giving a speech when he was shot twice, apparently, from behind.

He was shot in the chest and near the neck by a person who is apparently in the Navy at one point. It's pretty much all we know about him

at this point. The man approached him from behind as he spoke in the city of Nara, according to

witnesses, authorities, and video footage. He was 67 years old. Gun control is extraordinarily

strict in Japan. There's almost no

gun murders in Japan. This particular gun appears to have been homemade. It almost looks like a

couple of barrels that were strapped to a piece of wood. And this person approached Abe from

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