Shinzo Abe has not been able to survive the attack suffered this morning in the Japanese city of Nara. The former Japanese prime minister, who was in command from 2012 to 2020, has been shot twice in the back with a homemade shotgun by a former soldier who has admitted to the police “wanting to kill” the conservative leader. The events occurred during an electoral act of the Liberal Democratic Party on the occasion of the elections to the Japanese Parliament, which will take place next Sunday.
At first, Shinzo Abe has gone into cardiorespiratory arrest. The former prime minister was transferred by ambulance and later by helicopter after the incident, but the health services they have not managed to recover his vital signs, as reported by Reuters. Shortly after it was known that he suffered two deep gunshot wounds: one on the right side of the neck and another in the heart.
The former Japanese president received two shotgun blasts in the back while giving a campaign speech on the street near a train station in the town of Nara. The suspect, Yamagami Tetsuya, was arrested almost instantly. He is a 41-year-old unemployed man who belonged to the Japanese Army. Apparently, he would have attacked the former prime minister with a homemade weapon that simulated a shotgun. Later, what are believed to be explosives were found in his home.
Eyewitnesses to the attack have stated to various media outlets, including the public media outlet NHK, that after two shots were heard at the scene of the events, the president collapsed to the groundas can be seen in the images of the main video of this newswhich also collect the moment of arrest.
The incident occurred around 11:30 local time this Friday and in the presence of numerous citizens who were attending the campaign event or were walking near the Yamato-Saidaiji station. Immediately afterwards, the health services transferred Abe to a hospital in the city of Kashihara, south of Nara, to try to save his life. As the images of the event show, this type of electoral rallies are usually held in Japan in the middle of the street and with few security measures, due to the low crime rate and of attacks with firearms typical of the Asian country.
Prime Minister from 2012 to 2020
Shinzo Abe is, so far, the Japanese prime minister who has been in office the longest. After rising to power for the first time between September 2006 and September 2007, he later returned to power in 2012. In 2020, the president announced his resignation for health reasons. However, he continued with his public appearances.
At 67, he was the first Japanese leader born after World War II. In fact, He first took office at the age of 52.becoming the youngest Japanese president in the country’s history.
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