Assassinated former Japanese prime minister was shut good friend to Canada: Trudeau

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the course of the official welcome ceremony on the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is surprising, and that Canada has misplaced a detailed good friend together with his dying. Abe was assassinated by a gunman who opened hearth on him from behind as he delivered a marketing campaign speech in western Japan. The 67-year-old Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving chief when he resigned in 2020, collapsed bleeding and was airlifted to a close-by hospital the place he was later pronounced lifeless. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a gunman who opened hearth throughout his marketing campaign speech.

The 67-year-old was assassinated Friday on a road in western Japan by a gunman who opened hearth behind him.

A double-barrelled system that seemed to be a home made gun was seen on the bottom.

He was airlifted to a close-by hospital in Nara. Officers say he was pronounced lifeless after receiving large blood transfusions.

Abe was Japan’s longest-serving chief when he resigned in 2020.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the assassination of the Japanese chief is “surprising,” and that Canada has “misplaced a detailed good friend” together with his dying.

“The assassination of (Abe) is extremely surprising — and I’m deeply saddened,” Trudeau stated on Twitter on Friday.

“The world has misplaced an important man of imaginative and prescient, and Canada has misplaced a detailed good friend. My ideas are together with his spouse, Akie, and the individuals of Japan as they mourn this loss. You’ll be missed, my good friend.”

International Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, attending the G20 international ministers assembly in Indonesia, stated she expressed Canada’s condolences to Japanese international minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.

“We’re saddened and horrified by the latest information coming from Japan,” she stated.

In an announcement launched by the White Home, U.S. President Joe Biden stated he was “surprised, outraged and deeply saddened by the information that my good friend Abe Shinzo, former prime minister of Japan, was shot and killed whereas campaigning.”