Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died

Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, died Friday after being shot while delivering a speech.

The 67-year-old, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, was shot while campaigning on behalf of the governing Liberal Democratic Party in the city of Nara, near Kyoto.

Gunshots were heard at around 11.30 a.m. local time, NBC reported, and Abe was taken to Nara Medical University Hospital’s