Ex Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe couldn’t survive the attack as he takes his last breath in NMU hospital

Japan’s former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe was unable to survive the attack as he passes away in the Nara Medical University Hospital on Friday.

Abe was shot in the chest this morning while campaigning for a parliamentary election in the Nara region.

According to the reports of NHK, the local fire department said that Abe was not showing any vital signs. He was in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest and was immediately transferred to Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara city.

Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida said that Abe was in grave condition.

“He condemned the shooting in the western city of Nara during the campaign for Sunday’s upper house election as an unacceptable attack on the foundation of Japan’s democracy”, a source as per NDTV.

Police have arrested a 41-year-old man suspected of carrying out the shooting. NHK quoted the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, as telling police he was dissatisfied with Abe and wanted to kill him.

“Former prime minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am in Nara. One man, believed to be the shooter, has been taken into custody. The condition of former prime minister Abe is currently unknown,” chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.