Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died this Friday after being attacked during a campaign rally in the town of Nara, located in the southwest of the country, sources from his party, the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), confirmed.

Confirmation of his death came hours after Abe went into cardiorespiratory arrest during his evacuation to a hospital after being shot in the back. The suspect has been arrested.

The detainee was identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, 41 years old and a former member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, without for the time being the causes of the event have been clarified, which has been branded by the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, of “act barbarian”.

Abe, 67, held the post between September 2006 and September 2007 and later between December 2012 and September 2020. In the latter case, he resigned due to health problems.

Thus, he became the prime minister who has been in office the longest, after surpassing, precisely, the record held until now by his great-uncle Eisaku Sato, in office between November 1964 and July 1972.

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Source: CNN

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