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Ex-PM Abe assassinated
Publication date 08 July 2022 | 16:21 | ICT

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the victim of a fatal gun attack while taking part in a campaign for the House of Councillors election in Nara city on July 8.

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