India observes day of national mourning for Japanese ex-PM

NEW DELHI: India noticed a day of nationwide mourning on Saturday over the dying of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated whereas giving a marketing campaign speech a day earlier.
Abe, 67, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was pronounced useless on Friday night after a gunman shot him within the western Japanese metropolis of Nara.
His dying prompted a flood of tributes from present and former world leaders, and anger {that a} politician might be gunned down in broad daylight in one of many world’s most secure societies, the place weapons are strictly managed.