27 minutes agoFormer Japanese prime minister fired in arms while giving speech
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot twice while giving a speech in the town of Nara. The second shot hit him in the back, making him shot down. According to reports, the attacker was immediately arrested, the BBC writes. Former Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe said in a post in Titter that [...]
The second shot hit him in the back, making him shot down. According to reports, the attacker was immediately arrested, the BBC writes.
Former Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe said in a post in Titter that 67-year-old Abe was in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest. This term is often used in Japan before a death is officially confirmed.
“ish-Prime Minister Abe was shot around 11:30 local time in Nara. A man believed to have carried out the attack has been arrested. The situation of former Prime Minister Abe is currently unknown”, cabinet chief Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.
Whatever the reason, such a barbarian act can never be tolerated, and we strongly condemn it”.
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Videos that are being circulated in social media that could not be verified show a bunch of people around Abe. He's already been taken to the hospital.
Abe was giving a speech on a candidate in Nara when the attack occurred.
