Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Assassinated Warning: graphic content Japan’s longest serving prime minister was assassinated while giving a speech on Friday morning in Nara. Shinzo Abe was reportedly shot twice by a suspect using a homemade gun, and later died at a hospital. Gun violence is rare in Japan, and the assassination has shocked the country and other world leaders. I July 8, 2022 I #GettyImagesNews #Japan #ShinzoAbe #Assassination 📸: Yuichi Yamazaki / yuichiyamazakip, Kent Nishimura / kentnish, Tomohiro Ohsumi / tomoohsumi , The Asahi Shimbun, Kyodo News 🎥: Kyodo News Video 🎵: "Fracture” – Jakob Ahlbom / epidemicsound 🎬: Katharine Lotze / katharinelotze