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This is the horrifying moment former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe was shot dead during a political rally Friday.
Eyewitness videos posted online show the 67-year-old political giant calmly giving a campaign speech in the western city of Nara when a cloud of smoke emerges after the boom of an initial shot.
Abe and those around him seem confused at first, with the ex-prime minister slowly turning in the direction of the initial boom — just to be felled by a second blast around three seconds later.
The politician clutches his chest and slowly tumbles to the ground as those around him take cover.
The footage cuts to people several feet away tackling the suspected shooter, identified as disgruntled 41-year-old veteran Tetsuya Yamagami who reportedly made his own crude musket-style gun to skirt some of the strictest gun-control laws in the world.
Twitter and Facebook parent Meta said Friday they're deleting any videos of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that break their rules on harmful content.