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Japan, Shinzo Abe, hit by two shots during a rally, is serious

Two shots fired at close range, three seconds apart. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 67, was hit from behind, at chest height, during an election event in the Nara region of central western Japan, while giving a speech in support of a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in anticipation of Sunday’s upper house elections. Immediately transported to hospital in cardiocirculatory arrest, from the first tests on the heart and lungs “It seems to show no vital signs.”

Was 41-year-old man arrested: Tetsuya Yamagami, a local resident, has been charged with attempted murder, according to Reuters, but no further details have yet been provided. According to Japanese media, the bomber would have hidden a weapon (now seized) in some kind of target photographic. He hit the former prime minister while he was talking on the street. He was arrested by four officers while the staff tried unsuccessfully to revive Shinzo Abe.

«Former Prime Minister Abe», Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters «was shot at around 11.30 (it was around 4.30 in Italy) in Nara. A man, believed to be the bomber, was taken into custody. The conditions of former Prime Minister Abe are currently unknown ”.

Shinzo Abe held the position of prime minister in 2006 for one year and again from 2012 to 2020.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has expressed great concern for the former prime minister. «We are awaiting news from Japan. This is a very, very sad time. Our thoughts, our prayers, are for him, for his family, for the Japanese ».

The US ambassador to Tokyo, Rahm Emanuel, said he was “saddened and shocked” by the attack on Abe. “Abe-san was an outstanding leader of Japan and an unwavering ally of the US.”

Source: Vanity Fair

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