Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot and in cardiopulmonary arrest while giving a speech in Nara City

12:08, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

At around 11:30 a.m. today, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was giving a speech in Nara City, collapsed. There are also reports that he was shot with a gun, and it is said that he is in cardiopulmonary arrest. Police are taking the man into custody at the scene and investigating the situation.

At around 11:30 a.m. today, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was giving a speech near Yamato Nishi-Ōji Station in Nara City, collapsed and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

According to the fire department, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is believed to be in cardiopulmonary arrest, so he plans to transport him from the hospital to another hospital by doctor helicopter.

According to an NHK reporter who was covering the scene, at that time, a sound like gunshots was heard twice, and former Prime Minister Abe collapsed bleeding.

Later, police took the man into custody.

Police are investigating the situation in detail after hearing from the man.

According to the police authorities, there is information about former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he is in cardiopulmonary arrest and is in the process of confirming it. Information that he was shot in the chest and taken away in an ambulance According to a member of the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was giving a street speech in Nara Prefecture on the morning of the 8th when he was shot in the chest and taken away by ambulance. Was he shot with a shotgun? According to police officials, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is believed to have been shot from behind with a shotgun.

He is currently undergoing life-saving treatment, but his condition is unknown. The site is Yamato-Nishi-Ōji Station in Nara City is one of the central stations in Nara City, where the Kintetsu Nara Line and the Kyoto Line meet. The roundabout in front of the station is also known as the place where many candidates and others give speeches during elections.

According to a member of the LDP's Abe faction, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was scheduled to enter Saitama in the evening after giving a street speech from Haneda Airport via Osaka Airport to Nara on the morning of the 8th to support his party's candidate in the House of Councillors election, and then to give a street speech in Kyoto. Prime Minister Kishida: "We collect information from time to time" Prime Minister Kishida has delivered a speech in support of the House of Councillors election in Yamagata Prefecture.

A source who is accompanying the company said, "We are gathering information from time to time, and we are considering how to respond in the future." Overseas media also report with breaking news Overseas media are also reporting in the flash about the collapse of former Prime Minister Abe, who was giving a speech in Nara City.

Among them, Reuters reported, quoting an NHK report, that "when former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fell, he heard a sound like gunshots."

France's AFP news agency also reported that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been injured. The electronic edition of the state-run China Central Television, quoting an NHK report, reported in a flash report that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in the chest during a speech in Nara City. Photos and videos of the site on SNS Many photos and videos taken at the site at that time are posted on SNS.

An image posted on Twitter at around 11:35 a.m. shows multiple people in suits holding someone down.

Footage has also been posted showing a large number of people dressed in orange gathered on the road, and multiple people surrounding people who have fallen on the spot.

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