Former Prime Minister Abe dies after shooting

He failed to survive the wounds today.

Former 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, knocked him down. According to reports, the attacker was immediately arrested, the BBC writes.

Following this attack that troubled reactions among world leaders, additional security measures were taken for Japan's current prime minister, Fumio Kishida, who immediately stopped the election campaign and left for Tokyo.

The former prime minister's brother said Abe is accepting blood transfigures.

I've been notified he's now at Naras Hospital, where he's accepting blood transfusion”, Kish said before his death.

Shinzo Abe was the longest-lived Japanese prime minister after World War II. Abe served as head of government from 2006 to 2007, and from 2012 to 2020, when he also resigned because of health complications. His mandate passed that of his grandfather Nobusuke Kishi, who led Japan from 1957 to 1960. His father, Shintaro, also served as chief secretary of the cabinet, the country's second most powerful position. Abe was 67 years old.

Yamame Tetsuya, the 41-year-old suspect who allegedly fired former Japanese Prime Minister Shinezo Abe, has told investigators that he carried out the attack because he was unhappy with the former prime minister.

Yamame Tetsuya also said it was intended to kill former Prime Minister Shinezo Abe. / P ERISCOPI/