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Ex-Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, Shot During Campaign Speech
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Ex-Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, Shot During Campaign Speech.
- According to NHK broadcaster, Shinzo Abe appeared to be in a state of cardiac arrest.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister has been reportedly shot while giving a speech in the western city of Nara, according to reports.
According to NHK broadcaster, Shinzo Abe appeared to be in a state of cardiac arrest.
The channel said shots were heard and a white puff of smoke was seen as Mr Abe made a campaign speech outside a train station.
A reporter on the scene said they could hear two consecutive bangs during the speech.
Abe, the country’s longest-serving prime minister until he resigned in 2020 – fell to the ground and appeared to be bleeding from the chest after being shot from behind with a shotgun on Friday morning.
NHK said a suspect, named by police as Tetsuya Yamagami, a resident of Nara in his 40s, had been taken into custody but provided no further details.
A witness to the attack told the broadcaster that the first shot caused Abe to stumble backwards, adding that he fell to the ground after the second shot.
Amateur video footage showed Abe’s aides rushing towards him as smoke filled the air behind him. The clip does not show the moment he fell.
The suspected gunmen reportedly did not attempt to flee and was detained at the scene.
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Abe, who was flown to hospital by helicopter, had been in Nara to make a campaign speech ahead of this Sunday’s upper house elections.
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