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Bangladesh will observe one-day state mourning Saturday for former Japanese prime minister and the country's true friend Shinzo Abe.
The Cabinet Division issued a notification Friday evening.
As a mark of Bangladesh's deepest respect for Abe, the national flag will be kept at half-mast at all government, semi-government and autonomous institutions, and missions abroad.
Special prayers will be offered Saturday for the eternal peace of the departed soul.
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Abe, 67, died today after being shot while delivering a campaign speech in southern Japan. He immediately collapsed and was seen bleeding before being taken to hospital.
The attack on Abe, the man who remained Japan's longest-serving prime minister, shocked the entire world.