BBC News reported, “Shinzo Abe: World leaders express shock over assassination”, on July 9, 2022.
World leaders have been reacting with shock to the killing of the former Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe.
US President Joe Biden has ordered US flags to be flown at half-staff over the weekend in tribute to Abe.
His Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro, who himself survived an assassination attempt, announced three days of official mourning.
Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech on a street in the city of Nara on Friday morning.
