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Bollywood mourns the demise of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

Sunday, July 10, 2022 • Tamil Comments
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Bollywood mourns the demise of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

In a shocking turn of events, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe passed away after he was shot during a public event in the city of Nara on Friday. Abe was delivering a campaigning speech when he was shot twice by an individual named Tetsuya Yamagami. Soon after this tragic incident, several Bollywood stars took to their social media outlets to express condolances.

Actress Kangana Ranaut shared a picture of Shinzo Abe on her Instagram stories and wrote, "Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot, while giving a speech in the western city of Nara today, sad day. India lost a great friend. Om Shanti.”

Actor Anupam Kher wrote, "Deeply saddened & shocked by the assassination of former PM of Japan #ShinzoAbe! He was one of the most compassionate world leaders! And a great friend of India! His face reflected kindness! Very rare for a person in politics! My condolences to his family & people of Japan."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed grief over the incident and announced a day of national mourning. PM's tweet read, “As a mark of our deepest respect for former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, a one day national mourning shall be observed on 9 July 2022."

Under the leadership of Shinzo Abe, Japan and India became close allies. He had also proposed the idea of Quad, a security dialogue between India, Australia, Japan and USA.

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