Biden 'stunned, outraged and deeply saddened' over Abe killing
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said he was “stunned, outraged and deeply saddened by the news that my friend Abe Shinzo, former Prime Minister of Japan, was shot and killed while campaigning.” Abe, 67, died after being shot during a speech in Nara, Japan.
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President Joe Biden briefly addressed the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, claiming that the tragedy will "likely" not destabilize the country.
By Chandelis Duster, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said he was “stunned, outraged and deeply saddened by the news that my friend Abe Shinzo, former Prime Minister of Japan, was shot and killed while campaigning.” Abe, 67, died after being shot during a speech in Nara, Japan.
President Joe Biden mourned former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated by a man wielding a handmade gun while he was campaigning in Nara, near Osaka.
Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister since World War II and a main architect of the Pacific Rim as a premier American ally, was shockingly shot during a campaign event in Japan on Friday morning local time. Abe was pronounced dead around five hours later, and seemingly every world…
President Biden strongly condemned the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, calling it a “tragedy” for the Asian country, a strong ally of the United States.
The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a major loss for the free world. Skillfully threading the needle between positive nationalism and strong democratic alliances, Abe was both a Japanese patriot and close American friend.
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