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Shinzo Abe, Japan's assassinated former prime minister, remembered in Tokyo on day of private funeral

Mourners have gathered at Tokyo's Zojoji temple to pay their respects to assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.

Mr Abe, 67, was shot from behind during a campaign event in Nara last Friday. 

A long queue stretches from the Zojoji temple ahead of Shinzo Abe's funeral. (Reuters: Issei Kato)
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