Shinzo Abe, Japan's Former Prime Minister, Assassinated at a Campaign Stop
Daily Rendezvous Source: Reuters By Satoshi Sugiyama and Chang-Ran Kim - PM Kishida denounces attack on "foundation of democracy" - Police arrest suspect at the scene of attack. - Pokice say Attacker apparently used homemade gun - NHPolitical violence rare, guns tightly controlled in Japan Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country wherepolitical violence had become almost unthinkable. Abe, 67, was pronounced dead around five and a half hours after the shooter opened fire on him from behind as he spoke to members of the public from a drab traffic island in the western city of Nara. Authorities arrested a 41-year-old man. Japanese media reported that the weapon appeared to be a homemade gun. A Statement by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Spokesperson readss, "France expresses its deep shock and its full solidarity with J...