February 03, 2026 06:16 pm (IST)
File photos of ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe with PM Modi during former's India visit in Sept 2017
File photo shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in New Delhi. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confirmed dead after being shot Friday by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara when campaigning for Sundays upper house election.
File photo shows Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe at the joint press statement, during 12th India Japan Annual Summit, at Mahatma Mandir, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on September 14, 2017.Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confirmed dead after being shot Friday by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara when campaigning for Sundays upper house election.
File photo shows Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, at Sabarmati Ashram, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on September 13, 2017.Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confirmed dead after being shot Friday by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara when campaigning for Sundays upper house election.
File photo shows Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on September 13, 2017.Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confirmed dead after being shot Friday by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara when campaigning for Sundays upper house election.
File photo shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe at Ground Breaking ceremony of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on September 14, 2017.Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confirmed dead after being shot Friday by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara when campaigning for Sundays upper house election.
File photo shows Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe being welcomed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Ahmedabad airport, Gujarat on September 13, 2017. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confirmed dead after being shot Friday by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara when campaigning for Sundays upper house election.
File photo shows Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe visit the ‘Sidi Saiyyid Ni Jaali’, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on September 13, 2017. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confirmed dead after being shot Friday by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara when campaigning for Sundays upper house election.
Japans former prime minister Shinzo Abe delivering his speech and has died after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary electionin the Nara region on Friday.
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