Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot at Campaign event

Japan’s former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe was shot this morning while campaigning for a parliamentary election in the Nara region.

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.

According to ANI, the Japanese PM also said that it is barbaric and malicious and cannot be tolerated. At the moment, doctors are working very hard to save Abe.

“It is barbaric and malicious and it cannot be tolerated. We will do everything we can…At this moment, doctors are working very hard to save Mr. Abe: Japanese PM Fumio Kishida”, a tweet by ANI.

It is barbaric and malicious and it cannot be tolerated. We will do everything we can…At this moment, doctors are working very hard to save Mr. Abe: Japanese PM Fumio Kishida

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— ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2022