Shinzo Abe confirmed dead
Public broadcaster NHK has reported that Shinzo Abe is confirmed to have died after this morning’s shooting, citing officials.
A senior Liberal Democratic party official told NHK that Abe died in the hospital where he had been receiving treatment. He was 67.
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