Abe was transferred by ambulance and later by helicopter after the attack and health services are trying to restore his vital signs. The suspected attacker has been arrested.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had a cardiac arrest after being hit with gunfire during an election act this Friday, local authorities have reported.
Abe was transferred by ambulance and later by helicopter after the incident and health services are trying to restore your vital signsaccording to the police and health services of the city of Nara (western Japan), where the attack took place.
It is believed that the former Japanese presidentgot gunshots in the back during a campaign speech on the street near a train station in the aforementioned city, according to local police, who have arrested a man as the alleged perpetrator of the attack.
Eyewitnesses to the attack say two shots were heard at the scene and Abe then fell to the ground, state network NHK said.
Health services are transferring the former prime minister to a hospital in the town of Kashihara, south of Nara, to try to save his life.
The incident took place this Friday around 11:30 am local time (4:30 am in the Basque Country) and in the presence of many citizens attending the campaign event or walking near the Yamato-Saidaiji station.
Abe resigned as prime minister in September 2020 for health reasons after he the longest-serving Japanese politician in office.
The conservative leader was today at a campaign event for the partial elections to the Upper House of the Diet (Japan’s parliament) to be held this Sunday, which will see Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) and current Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, hopes to revalidate his vast majority.
Election rallies in Japan are usually held in the middle of the street and with few security measures, due to the low crime and firearms attacks typical of the Asian country.
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