President Joe Biden announced the killing of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, a day earlier. Zawahiri was killed in a CIA drone that fired two missiles at him in while he was seated on the balcony of a safe house in the Sherpur neighborhood in the capital Kabul. The 71-year-old Egyptian doctor took over al-Qaeda after the killing of Bin Laden in 2011. While other family members were in the house, they were unharmed in the attack. The killing of Zawahiri in Kabul indicates the close relations between al-Qaeda and the Taliban and highlights the weaknesses of the 2020 US-Taliban peace deal under which the Taliban agreed not to allow al-Qaeda or any other extremist group to operate in areas under their control. A Taliban spokesman described assassination as a clear violation of international principles - but did not mention Zawahiri.

At around 11:30 am local time former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the country’s longest-serving leader, was shot and later died while campaigning for a parliamentary election. Abe was shot twice from behind in the neck with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke outside the in front of Yamatosaidaiji railway station traffic island in the southern city of Nara. Security officials at the scene tackled the 41-year-old gunman who is now in police custody. According to local media, police officers later found several possible explosive devices during a search at the suspect’s house. His unprecedented assassination shocked the country where political violence is rare, and guns are tightly controlled.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party. He will remain in office as prime minister while a new leader is selected. His announcement came after nearly half of his government ministers quit over series of misconduct allegations, lack of focus and ideas in his cabinet and raising cost of living and taxes. His announcement launched the race to replace him as the head of the Conservative party. Details regarding the timeline for choosing a new Conservative Party leader are expected to be announced next week.

A group of heavily armed militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militant group raided Kuje Correctional Facility, located approximately 30 km/ 20 miles southwest of the capital Abuja and about 24Km/ 15 miles from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The attackers detonated a VBIED at the entrance after which gunmen raided the prison. During the attack one prison guard and four inmates were killed, 16 inmates injured and nearly 900 inmates escaped. About 400 prisoners were rearrested by police and military reinforcements, but over 440 remain at large. Local intelligence officials believe that the main objective of the raid was to free Ansaru, a Boko Haram splinter group, commanders who plotted the 28 March Kaduna-Abuja train attack, and who remain among the escapees.

At around 5:20 pm local time, a lone gunmen opened fire at the multi-story Field's shopping mall—the largest shopping center in Denmark—located about 5 Km/ 3 miles south of downtown Copenhagen. Shortly after the incident begun police officers arrested the 22-year-old gunmen described as ethnic Dane. According to police he has a history of mental health issues and there is no indication of a terror motive. Three people were killed in the attack, and an unspecified number were wounded, three of whom are critical condition. The attack comes as Denmark celebrate hosting the first three stages of the Tour de France.