The former Japanese prime minister was midway through a campaign speech when he was shot. Photographers nearby captured what happened next.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the attack. He described Mr Abe as both a great leader of Japan and a personal friend.News of the assassination shocked the country.
People in Tokyo read a special edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting the death of Shinzo Abe. Mourners quickly gathered at the site of the site of the shooting, laying flowers in tribute to Mr Abe.A Japanese flag is placed among the floral tributes to Shinzo Abe at the scene of the shooting.
People have been laying flowers at the site where Mr Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election.
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