08 July, 14:00

Local media, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dead

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(ANSA) - BEIJING, 08 JUL - Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe died after being hit by a bullet during an election event, public broadcaster NHK and the Jiji news agency reported.

"According to a senior LDP (Liberal Democratic Party) official, former Prime Minister Abe died in a hospital in the city of Kashihara, in the Nara region, where he was receiving medical treatment. He was 67," NHK said.

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