World mourns as former Japan PM Shinzo Abe succumbs to bullet wounds

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot at in the city of Nara

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe died at the age of 67 on Friday after being shot in the city of Nara, local media reported. 

Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Abe was shot at around 11.30 am (local time). Earlier in the day, Abe was taken to a hospital bleeding as he collapsed after the attack while delivering a speech, local media reported. 

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida had earlier said Abe was in "severe condition", adding that he hoped Abe would survive.

"(It) is a despicable act of barbarity that occurred when an election, which