Japanese Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Dies

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, as per reports. 

A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke at a drab traffic island in the western city of Nara.

Immediately after the attack, Abe was rushed to a



hospital. The police have arrested the man suspected of attacking Abe. Police identified the suspected shooter as Tetsuya Yamagami, a resident of Nara.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep distress at the attack on former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.

The shooter told police that he has no grudge against Shinzo Abe's political belief.