Shinzo Abe collapsed after he was shot at in the middle of hiscampaign speech in Western Japan’s Nara. Abe is showing no vital signs after the attack, news agency AFP reported.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot at while he was making a speech on a street in Nara. As the speech was being live telecast, the video of the attack also surfaced. A man has been arrested for the attempted murder of the former prime minister. The gun has also been confiscated, reports said.
In the NHK video which is among the first footage of the incident, it can be seen that the attack came from Abe’s back. Though the attacker can’t be seen in video, it shows the smoke that overtakes the area where Abe was standing.
According to a woman present at the scene, the man came from Abe’s behind and fired a shot. The first shot, she told AFP, sounded like a toy. “He didn’t fall and there was a large bang. The second shot was more visible, you could see the spark and smoke,” she said
“After the second shot, people surrounded him and gave him a cardiac massage,” the woman said. Then the former prime minister was rushed to a hospital.
Photos of the attacker being apprehended have also emerged.
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