Bangladesh announces one-day state mourning on Abe's death
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Bangladesh has announced one-day state mourning on Saturday (9 July) following the demise of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe.
In a notification issued on Friday, the Cabinet Division has directed all government, semi-government, and autonomous institutions, educational institutions, and Bangladeshi missions abroad to hoist the national flag at half-mast in respect to the departed soul.
Also, special prayers will be held in all mosques praying for the salvation of the late premier.
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Sixty-seven-year-old Abe had been delivering a stump speech near a train station in the western city of Nara when he was shot by an assailant.
He was rushed to hospital where he breathed his last while undergoing treatment.
