Shinzo Abe: Shooting deaths are rare in Japan. What we know about the nation’s strict gun laws
- Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, was gunned down Friday while giving a campaign speech.
- Japan has some of the world’s strictest rules on guns, making Abe’s shooting death a rarity.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, was gunned down Friday while giving a campaign speech in western Japan.
Footage aired by Japan public broadcaster NHK showed Abe collapsed on the street, bleeding and holding his chest with with several security guards running toward him. The shooting sent Abe, 67, into cardio and pulmonary arrest, and his heart stopped while being airlifted to a hospital. He was pronounced dead later there.