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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was taken to hospital on Friday after a gun attack, multiple Japanese media reported. The former leader would be in cardiorespiratory arrest and the Japanese government confirmed the arrest of a suspect.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reported no signs of life after he was shot at a political rally in the western Nara region, local media reported.
The former chief executive was delivering a campaign speech at a political rally ahead of Sunday’s Senate elections when shots were heard, state broadcaster ‘NHK’ and the ‘Kyodo’ news agency reported.
Shinzo Abe, 67, collapsed and was bleeding from the neck, a source from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) told the ‘Jiji’ news agency.
a shot from behind
Both ‘NHK’ and ‘Kyodo’ reported that Shinzo Abe was taken to hospital in a state of cardiorespiratory arrest, a term used in Japan to indicate the absence of signs of life and that usually precedes an official death certificate.
Various media outlets reported that he appeared to have been shot in the back, probably with a rifle.
The ‘NHK’ and the Japanese government reported that a man was arrested.
Shinzo Abe has been the longest-serving Prime Minister of Japan. He was in office in 2006 for one year, and then from 2012 to 2020.
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