Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.
A sound like a gunshot was heard at the time, and a male suspect was detained at the scene, NHK said. An NHK reporter on the scene said they could hear two consecutive bangs during Abe’s speech.
Abe was taken to a hospital. The fire department says he is showing no vital signs.
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe lies on the ground after apparent shooting
Abe was transferred by medevac to Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara City in the prefecture.
The Japanese Government has confirmed that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been shot in the western region of Nara.
“Former Prime Minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am in Nara. One man, believed to be the shooter, has been taken into custody. The condition of former prime minister Abe is currently unknown,” chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.
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