TOKYO -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot on Friday, the hospital treating him confirmed.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, was 67. Doctors said he died at 5:03 p.m. Japan time.
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Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a campaign rally, moments before he was shot, in the western city of Nara on July 8. © Kyodo
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