Shinzo Abe - a former Japanese Prime Minister - has died after he was shot during a campaign speech in western Japan. Police arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of the attack in Nara.
Mr Abe, 67, was in “grave condition” following the attack, according to Japan's current prime minister Fumio Kishida. Mr Abe was airlifted to hospital following the attack, but officials said he was not breathing and his heart had stopped. Japanese broadcaster NHK reports that Mr Abe has been pronounced dead.
Mr Kishida returned to Tokyo after the shooting, which he called “dastardly and barbaric”. Following the shooting, he told reporters at his office: “I’m praying for former Prime Minister Abe’s survival from the bottom of my heart."
