Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly died after an apparent gun attack during a campaign event in the Nara region. Local media reported that A man in his 40s was arrested for attempted murder and a gun was confiscated..
Abe was making a campaign speech at an event before the elections for the upper legislative chamber that will take place on Sunday when shots were heard. “I was giving a speech and a man came up from behind“Commented a young woman who was at the event.
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The moment that Japanese Former PM Shinzo Abe was shot.
Looks to be a DIY shotgun. pic.twitter.com/oaUp2MzXWW— ネットカフェJAPAN (@netcafe_japan) July 8, 2022
“The first shot sounded like a toy. He didn’t fall but then there was a loud bang. The second shot was more visible, you could see the blast and the smoke“, he added.
Abe, 67, collapsed and was bleeding from the neck, said a source from his Liberal Democratic Party (PLD).
Various media reported that the leader he would have been attacked from behind, possibly with a shotgun.
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The government announced the creation of a working group after the incident.
Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime ministerruled the country in 2006 for a year, and then returned to power between 2012 and 2020.
Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan, was shot in the back. pic.twitter.com/lOrWiY3ViQ
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Government confirms attack
The Japanese government confirmed minutes later that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was attacked with a firearm in the western region of Nara.
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“Former Prime Minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 in Nara. A man believed to be the attacker is in custody. Former Prime Minister Abe’s condition is unknown.Japanese chief of staff Hirokazu Matsuno declared.
