Malaysia extends condolences to people of Japan over Abe's death


(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 21, 2015 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe waves as he leaves to Indonesia at the Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo. - Abe has been confirmed dead after he was shot at a campaign event in the city of Nara on July 8, 2022, public broadcaster NHK and Jiji news agency reported. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

PUTRAJAYA: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah has extended profound condolences on behalf of the government and people of Malaysia to the government and people of Japan over the demise of Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe (pic), who was shot by a gunman on Friday (July 8).

"On behalf of the government and the people of Malaysia, I would like to express profound condolences to the government and people of Japan, and the family of the former prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe,” he said in a statement on Friday.

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