Former Japanese PM Abe is shot and believed dead. Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe, the nation's longest-serving leader, was shot on Friday at a campaign event, according to a government official, despite local media reports to the contrary. According to Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, the former prime minister Abe was shot in the western city of Nara at around 11:30 a.m. "One individual has been arrested and is thought to be the shooter. Currently, it is uncertain how former Prime Minister Abe is doing. Whatever the motivation, Matsuno continued, "Such a terrible conduct can never be accepted, and we strongly condemn it. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida later revealed that Abe was in a life-threatening condition on Friday after being shot at a campaign rally and denounced the "totally terrible" act. After flying into Tokyo from the campaign route, Kishida told reporters, "Abe was shot in Nara and I have been informed he is in an extremely critical condition. ...