TOKYO — Shinzo Abe, the previous prime minister of Japan, was left unconscious after being wounded on Friday whereas he was giving a speech in western Japan, in response to a hearth official.
Mr. Abe, 67, collapsed and seemed to be bleeding after a gunshot was heard within the metropolis of Nara close to Kyoto, in response to a reporter for NHK, the general public broadcaster, on the scene.
Seigo Yasuhara, an official within the command middle on the Nara Hearth Division, mentioned that Mr. Abe had been taken by an ambulance to a medical evacuation helicopter after which to a regional medical middle.
He was unconscious and exhibiting no important indicators, the official mentioned.
NHK, citing the police, mentioned a suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, had been taken into custody. He was is in his 40s and a Nara resident, the report mentioned.
Mr. Abe was the nation’s longest-serving prime minister and served two phrases, from 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 2020. He resigned in 2020 due to ailing well being.
Mr. Abe was in Nara campaigning, forward of lections for the Higher Home of Parliament scheduled for Sunday, NHK reported.
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