Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 67, was at a campaign rally when bullets suddenly struck his chest and near his neck, ultimately killing him.
Japan, with famously strict laws, has among the world s lowest rates of gun ownership and gun violence. In 2018 there were just nine firearm deaths reported in Japan, compared with 39,740 in the U.S.
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