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Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving PM, Assassinated


Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving PM, Assassinated
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one of the country’s most prominent political figures, was assassinated Friday. Abe was shot in the chest during a campaign speech for a candidate ahead of Sunday’s upper house election. The assassination shocked Japan and leaves a major void in the country’s politics, as VOA’s Bill Gallo reports from Seoul.

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