Abe’s assassination ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary election shocked the nation and raised questions over whether security for the former prime minister was adequate.
Shinzo Abe was addressing an election meeting ahead of Sunday s polling for the Upper House of the Parliament. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots at the site following which Abe collapsed. Police said that a male suspect, believed to be in his late 30s, was arrested at the scene.
Japan s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation s most influential figures, was on Friday killed after he was fatally shot at during an election campaign in western Japan s Nara city.
The Prime Minister commended Abe for his immense contribution to elevating India-Japan relations to the level of a Special Strategic and Global Partnership. Today, whole India mourns with Japan and we stand in solidarity with our Japanese brothers and sisters in this difficult moment.