Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot twice in the back with a shotgun during a speech in the city of Nara, where he was delivering a campaign speech ahead of elections to the upper house of the Japanese parliament.
The shooter was detained. This is 40-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, a former member of the Maritime Self-Defense Forces, a resident of the city of Nara, where the ex-prime minister spoke.
Abe was taken to hospital by helicopter. According to preliminary data, his lungs were punctured.
Abe was taken to hospital by helicopter. According to preliminary data, his lungs were punctured.
Nara Prefecture says former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is "in a state of cardiac and pulmonary arrest."
The Kyodo news agency reports that Abe is showing no signs of life.
