Shot dead: Long line of political leaders assassinated over the years and Japan's Abe now join the list

Japan's ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead on Friday. - AFP

Paris, July 8, 2022 (AFP): Japan's ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead on Friday. Here is a look at previous assassinations of leading politicians around the world, starting with John F. Kennedy in 1963.

- John F. Kennedy, 1963 - The US president was cut down by an assassin's bullet on November 22 while riding in an open-top limousine through the streets of Dallas, Texas.