Body of Shinzo Abe returns to Tokyo as Japan mourns former leader’s death

Body of Shinzo Abe returns to Tokyo as Japan mourns former leader’s death
A car believed to carry the body of Japan’s former PM Shinzo Abe arrives at his home in Tokyo (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

The body of Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has returned to Tokyo a day after he was fatally shot during a campaign speech.

Mr Abe, 67, was attacked in the western city of Nara and airlifted to a local hospital but died of blood loss despite emergency treatment including massive blood transfusions.

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