Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated During Speech

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday morning in Nara, Japan, the country's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno has confirmed. Abe was in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest after he collapsed, according to an official from the Nara City Fire Department. His current condition is not known. Police have arrested a man in his 40s on suspicion of attempted murder and retrieved a gun, NHK reported. Abe held office from 2006 to 2007, and again from 2012 to 2020 — making him the longest-serving Japanese Prime Minister in history. He stepped down as Prime Minister in 2020, citing health reasons. Shinzo Abe was pronounced dead at the hospital.