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BREAKING: Former Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe Reportedly Shot

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot Friday during a campaign speech in western Japan and was airlifted to a hospital for medical treatment, officials said.

Local fire department official Makoto Morimoto said Abe was in cardio and pulmonary arrest after being shot. His heart stopped while he was being airlifted to a hospital, Morimoto said.

Police arrested a male suspect at the scene of the shooting in Nara, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.

NHK public broadcaster aired footage showing Abe collapsed on the street, with several security guards running toward him, He was bleeding and holding his chest.

Witnesses reported hearing gunshots in the apparent attack in Nara. Abe was standing while making an election campaign speech ahead of Sunday’s election for the parliament’s upper house.

Japan has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. Prospective owners must undergo formal instruction as well as written, mental, and drug tests and a rigorous background check.

Abe came into office as Japan’s prime minister in December 2012 and announced his resignation in August 2020 after a chronic illness resurfaced. CONTINUE READING…

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