Assassinated Japanese Leader Was Close Friend to Canada: Trudeau

Assassinated Japanese Leader Was Close Friend to Canada: Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. AP Photo/Susan Walsh
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OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is “shocking,” and that Canada has “lost a close friend” with his death.

Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — an attack that stunned the country that has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere.