In the picture he looks mild and unassuming, in a faded green t-shirt, green fatigues and a mask concealing his bespectacled face as others clap the arrival of the man who was a former world leader.
Gunman Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, blasted Mr Abe, 67 around 11.30am in the city of Nara as Japan's longest-serving prime minister gave a campaign speech ahead of elections on Sunday. He was rushed to hospital with wounds to his heart and neck, and died from massive blood loss shortly after 5pm.
Yamagami shot Mr Abe twice with a home-made shotgun made out of two pieces of pipe attached to a wooden board, with a grip and electronic firing mechanism fitted underneath. It is not clear what kind of ammunition or gunpowder he used.
