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