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Angela Merkel, then Germany's chancellor, shakes hands with Mr Abe in Berlin in January 2007. Bloomberg

US President Joe Biden is embraced by Japan's ambassador to the US Tomita Koji on Saturday, a day after Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot. Reuters

Mr Biden arrives at the Japanese embassy in Washington. EPA

Mr Biden is embraced by Mr Koji. Reuters

Mr Biden's signature in a condolence book for Mr Abe. Reuters

Mr Biden ordered flags in the US to be flown at half mast. AP

Mr Biden signs a book of condolence. Reuters

Abe was president of Japan's Liberal Party and the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history. AP

Mr Biden at the Japanese ambassador's home in Washington. AFP

Mr Biden's bouquet of lilies sits opposite the book of condolence. AP

There were even mourners in the Russian capital Moscow. AP

A woman lights joss sticks outside of Yamato-Saidaiji Station where Mr Abe was shot. Getty Images

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offers his condolences at the National Palace in Mexico City. AP

Artists carry a painting of Mr Abe in Mumbai. AFP

Angela Merkel, then Germany's chancellor, shakes hands with Mr Abe in Berlin in January 2007. Bloomberg

US President Joe Biden is embraced by Japan's ambassador to the US Tomita Koji on Saturday, a day after Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot. Reuters

Mr Biden arrives at the Japanese embassy in Washington. EPA

Mr Biden is embraced by Mr Koji. Reuters

Mr Biden's signature in a condolence book for Mr Abe. Reuters

Mr Biden ordered flags in the US to be flown at half mast. AP

Mr Biden signs a book of condolence. Reuters

Abe was president of Japan's Liberal Party and the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history. AP

Mr Biden at the Japanese ambassador's home in Washington. AFP

Mr Biden's bouquet of lilies sits opposite the book of condolence. AP

There were even mourners in the Russian capital Moscow. AP

A woman lights joss sticks outside of Yamato-Saidaiji Station where Mr Abe was shot. Getty Images

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offers his condolences at the National Palace in Mexico City. AP

Artists carry a painting of Mr Abe in Mumbai. AFP

Angela Merkel, then Germany's chancellor, shakes hands with Mr Abe in Berlin in January 2007. Bloomberg

Shinzo Abe's body arrives in Tokyo as Japanese mourn assassinated former prime minister

People queue to pay respects at place where he was shot while campaigning for his Liberal Democratic Party in the city of Nara

The National

July 09, 2022

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