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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Shinzo Abe, divisive, powerful former Japan PM, assassinated

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Shinzo Abe, a divisive archconservative who was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister and remained a powerful and influential politician after leaving office, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday. He was 67.

Abe was shot just minutes after he started speaking at the political rally in Nara and was pronounced dead hours later at a hospital, medical officials said.

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