Japan's Former PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated -- News Updates

 

Daily Mail: Terrifying new footage shows Shinzo Abe's bodyguards try to deflect assassin's bullets with BRIEFCASES as former PM freezes when first shot is fired...then slumps when fatal bullet hits 

* Shinzo Abe, 67, Japan's former PM and a towering political figure, has been shot dead while campaigning 

* Abe, the country's longest-serving leader, was shot twice as he gave a speech in the city of Nara at 11.30am 

* Shocking video captures the moment of the attack, showing how oblivious security guards were caught unawares by the first shot - which missed - and tried to block the second fatal round with briefcases 

* Chilling photo also shows killer Tetsuya Yamagami calmly waiting behind Abe as he prepares to attack 

* WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT 

This is the shocking moment former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead - revealing how oblivious security guards tried to block bullets with their briefcases after realising too late that he was under attack. 

Cameras trained on Abe as he gave a political stump speech in the city of Nara at 11.30am captured the moment the first shot was fired, missing the politician but producing a loud bang and a cloud of smoke. 

For what feels an eternity, but in reality is just a few seconds, Abe remains on his podium as bewildered guards - who were all looking at him as he spoke - turn around and finally grasp what is happening, just a moment too late.  

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