Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech on Friday in the western city of Nara, Japan. He went into heart failure and had to be taken to the hospital.
Shinzo Abe is a former politician who led the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and was Japan’s prime minister twice, from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was Japan’s prime minister longer than anyone else.
Abe was Chief Cabinet Secretary for Junichiro Koizumi from 2005 to 2006, and he led the opposition for a short time in 2012. But he has kept his power over the ruling LDP by running one of its most important groups.
In a meeting with a lot of people, the former Japanese prime minister was shot and killed. Shinzo Abe spoke at a rally in the west of Japan on Friday. At that point, his attackers started shooting at him.
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Is Shinzo Abe Dead Or Still Alive? Former Japan PM Shot At The Chest
Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, is still alive but in very bad shape. After being shot during a campaign speech on Friday, he is taken to the hospital. It wasn’t clear right away how badly Abe was hurt or if all of his vital signs were still good.
According to reports from NHK, a firefighter said that the former prime minister had a heart-and-lung attack. The chances of surviving are very low. The doctors, on the other hand, haven’t said anything yet.
Two shots were fired in a row. Shinzo was also seen being carried to the ambulance with blood on him. One person has already been taken into custody on suspicion. The thing happened around 11:30.
Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe Shooting Suspect: Is He Arrested?
Police said that Tetsuya Yamagami, a 40-year-old man from Nara, was the person who shot former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, but NHK, a Japanese news agency, didn’t say anything else about him.
A witness to the attack told the broadcaster that after the first shot, Abe fell backward, and after the second shot, he fell to the ground.
As smoke filled the air behind him, Abe’s helpers could be seen running toward him on a home video. The clip doesn’t show the moment he fell. Reports say that the alleged gunman was caught on the scene and did not try to run away.
What Happened To Shinzo Abe? Is He In Hospital?
The Japanese news agency NHK says that Shinzo Abe went to a public meeting in Nara. As soon as he stood up to speak on stage, his killers started shooting at him.
From what we know, the former prime minister was shot in the chest. Early information suggests that he was hurt in the incident. He was soon told that he was having a heart attack.
He fell to the ground right away and had to be rushed to the hospital. Right now, he is getting help. The people in charge of health haven’t said anything yet.
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