and carry johnston harrington. the top stories on al jazeera leaders across the world of expressed their horror and outrage and the killing of former japanese prime minister sions, though i beg. he was shot dead on friday, while campaigning in the southwestern city of nero. mourners had been placing flowers at the site where abbey was gone down by a lone attacker. he was the conscious, longest serving prime minister. natasha gal name has more on the killing and the aftermath. o, a shot to the heart by a man with a home made gun routine campaigns, speech ending in an unprecedented assassination. former japanese prime minister sions obeyed, died friday morning in the western city of nora. he was campaigning for upper house elections scheduled for sunday seconds after our bay collapsed officers tackled the suspect. police say 41 year old tad thea yamagata me, told them he was disgruntled with abbe and aimed to kill him. it was a rare occurrence in a country with a low crime rate