Assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while giving a speech.

Abe was giving a speech in Nara City on Friday.

It was a kind of political campaign event.

During the speech, the criminal shot him twice.

Abe died in the hospital after being shot.

The officers present at the spot have caught the gunman.

The criminal's name is Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old man.

The police said, the man has accepted the fact of being shot.

Other types of weapons have been found from the house of the offender.