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Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe collapsed and showed no sign of life after being shot on Friday during a speech in the western city of Nara, local media reported.
A gunshot was heard on site and Abe was seen bleeding after he was shot from behind by an unidentified man with a gun, according to the police.
Abe, 67, was rushed to a nearby hospital and showed no vital signs, according to local police.
The police also said they captured the man and were questioning him.
The assailant was arrested on the suspicion of attempted murder by the Nara police at the scene, according to local media.
The incident happened as the former leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party was on a tour to Nara as part of campaigning for the House of Councillors election scheduled for on Sunday. --
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Japanese ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe is in the state of "cardiopulmonary arrest" after Friday’s attack, but his death has not been officially confirmed, a spokesperson for the local emergencies service has told TASS.
ReplyDelete"Yes, he is in the state of cardiopulmonary arrest, but his death has not been confirmed," said an official with the Nara fire department, which operates as the prefecture’s emergencies service.
The term is widely used to denote clinical death in Japan, where a person can be officially pronounced dead only by a specially authorized doctor.
Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been confirmed dead after he was shot at a campaign event on Friday, public broadcaster NHK and Jiji news agency reported.
ReplyDelete“According to a senior LDP (Liberal Democratic Party) official, former prime minister Abe died at a hospital in Kashihara city, Nara region, where he was receiving medical treatment. He was 67,” NHK said.
Police said a 41-year-old man suspected of carrying out the shooting had been arrested. NHK quoted the suspect, identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, as telling police he was dissatisfied with Abe and wanted to kill him.
Бывший премьер-министр Японии Синдзо Абэ скончался после совершенного на него покушения.
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