Shinzo Abe Death: Former Japan PM Shinzo was attacked. He had been shot in the chest. According to Japan’s NHK World News, the attacker has been apprehended from the spot.

Attacker Attacked From Behind

Shinzo Abe: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died. Shinzo Abe was giving an election speech in the city of Nara in western Japan, during which he was attacked. He got shot in the chest. According to Japan’s NHK World News, Abe fell to the ground as soon as he was shot. He was taken to the hospital for treatment, but he could not be saved. The suspected attacker was apprehended from the spot.

The attack on 67-year-old Shinzo Abe took place at 11.30 a.m. local time on Friday. Abe was taken to the hospital for treatment. NHK World News said gunshots were heard and a suspect was taken into custody on the spot. An NHK World News reporter who was present at the scene said that during Abe’s speech he heard two consecutive explosions.

According to the Japan Times, Shinzo Abe Was attacked by a man from behind while giving a speech on a street in Nara on Friday. As soon as Shinzo Abe fell to the ground after being shot, his security guards immediately came to him. It is said that a lot of blood came out of Abe’s neck.

After being injured, Shinzo Abe was airlifted by an air ambulance. The NHK, citing police sources, said the attacker appeared to be in his 40s. A gun has been confiscated from him.

Shinzo Abe was the longest serving Prime Minister of Japan. Abe stepped down in August 2020 due to ill health. Abe held the position for a year in 2006 and again from 2012 to 2020.

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Shinzo Abe was not breathing after the attack

Officials said 67-year-old Abe was airlifted to a hospital, but at the time he was not breathing and had a heart failure. This attack in Japan, considered one of the safest countries in the world, is astonishing. Japan has strict gun control laws.

After the incident, Kishida and his cabinet ministers returned to Tokyo, interrupting other campaigns across the country. Kishida told reporters at the Prime Minister’s Office after returning by helicopter from Yamagata that Abe was being treated “excellently”. “I am praying from my heart for the recovery of the former prime minister,” he said.

Nara’s police confirmed the arrest of a suspect for attempted murder and identified him as Tetsuya Yamagami (41). NHK said the suspect had served in the Marine Self-Defense Force for three years in 2000.

Voting for the upper house of the Japanese parliament is to be held on Sunday. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Minister Hirokazu Matsuno said: “This barbaric act is completely unpardonable, whatever the reason… and we strongly condemn it.”

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