Live Outside Tokyo Temple Amid Wake Ceremony for Assassinated ex-PM Shinzo Abe

Name: Live Outside Tokyo Temple Amid Wake Ceremony for Assassinated ex-PM Shinzo Abe
Uploaded: 2022-07-11T07:51+0000
Duration: 1 s
Description: The 67-year-old politician was shot on Friday in the city of Nara. A suspect, former Japanese Navy sailor Yamagami Tetsuya, shot Abe twice with a handmade gun. Abe was rushed to a local hospital suffering from heart and collapsed lungs, and succumbed to his wounds later in the day.

07:51 GMT, 11 July 2022

The 67-year-old politician was shot on Friday in the city of Nara. A suspect, former Japanese Navy sailor Yamagami Tetsuya, shot Abe twice with a handmade gun. Abe was rushed to a local hospital suffering from heart and collapsed lungs, and succumbed to his wounds later in the day.

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Sputnik is live from Shiba Park outside Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, as a memorial ceremony is held, commemorating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated last week. The funeral for the ex-PM is scheduled on Tuesday.

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