"Deeply Distressed By Attack On My Dear Friend Shinzo Abe": PM Modi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "deeply distressed by the attack on my dear friend Shinzo Abe".
Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot today at a campaign event on Friday, with reports claiming a man armed with a reportedly homemade gun opened fired at him from behind. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "deeply distressed by the attack on my dear friend Shinzo Abe". Deeply distressed by the attack on my dear friend Abe Shinzo. Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family, and the people of Japan.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family, and the people of Japan," tweeted PM Modi.
"Such an act of barbarity cannot be tolerated," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters, adding that Abe had been shot at about 11:30 am (local time).