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Before fatal shooting, Japan's Abe was up close with the crowd

NARA, Japan (Reuters) -Moments before he was fatally shot from behind on Friday, Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was doing what he'd done for decades: getting up close to the crowds and stumping for a local candidate. ....

Sakura Murakami , David Dolan , Kei Sato , Satoshi Sugiyama , Shinzo Abe , Ken Namikawa , Tetsuya Yamagami , Nara Tenri , Takenobu Nakajima , Makoto Ichikawa , Nick Macfie , Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , Yamato Saidaiji Station , Reuters Tokyo ,

Before fatal shooting, Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe was up close with the crowd

Doctors later said Abe bled to death from deep wounds to the heart and the right side of his neck, despite receiving more than 100 units of blood in transfusions over four hours. ....

Sakura Murakami , David Dolan , Kei Sato , Satoshi Sugiyama , Shinzo Abe , Tetsuya Yamagami , Ken Namikawa , Nara Tenri , Takenobu Nakajima , Nick Macfie , Makoto Ichikawa , Yamato Saidaiji Station , Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , Reuters Tokyo ,