Shinzo Abe assassination

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot while making a campaign speech in Nara, Japan
  
Sanwa City shopping centre 
Yamato-Saidaiji Station
50m 164 ft

JAPAN

50km 30 miles 
Nagoya
Osaka 
Nara

Abe shot
Podium
Suspect apprehended

Abe, seconds before shooting

Weapon: Believed to be homemade device

Suspect: Tetsuya Yamagami
 
Shinzo Abe was airlifted to hospital where he was declared dead


Sources: BBC, NY Times. 
Pictures: Google Earth Pro, Getty Images, NHK/YouTube 
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