Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot twice in the chest from behind by a gunman in a horrifying assassination.
Two shots were heard before Mr Abe collapsed to the ground while giving a public speech on the campaign trail for a national election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man armed with an apparently homemade gun opened fired at him from behind.
Current prime minister Fumio Kishida earlier said Mr Abe was in a "severe condition" after being shot, and has asked all members of the cabinet to return to Tokyo.
