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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed during a campaign speech on Friday morning in Nara, Japan. Reporter Thisanka Siripala in Tokyo tells The World’s Marco Werman how people in Japan are reacting, and what will be Abe’s legacy in the country.