According to media reports, there has been an attack on former right-wing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. A man attacked and injured Abe during a campaign speech in the ancient imperial city of Nara, Japanese media reported Friday, citing Abe’s ruling LDP party. The police overpowered the perpetrator.
The politician was injured, bleeding from the neck and has lost consciousness, according to “Kyodo News”. The 67-year-old should no longer show any vital signs. NHK, citing firefighters, reported that Abe appeared to be in cardiac arrest. According to the report, a man has been arrested for attempted murder. A firearm was found. An official statement will be made shortly.
Japan’s longest-serving prime minister
Abe ruled Japan from 2006 to 2007 and then from December 2012 to September 2020, making him the country’s longest-serving prime minister. Under him, Japan had moved considerably to the right.
Abe is one of the fervent advocates of a revision of the post-war pacifist constitution. In Article 9 of the Constitution, Japan “forever renounces war as a sovereign right of the nation, and the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes.”
The House of Lords elections will be held in Japan on Sunday. The LDP is expected to take a landslide victory. This could give impetus to the debate on the amendment of the constitution. The island kingdom of Japan has some of the strictest gun laws in the world and is considered one of the safest countries in the world.
Source: Krone
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