Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday while undergoing treatment after being shot at while delivering a speech in the Western city of Nara. He was 67.
Abe delivered a speech supporting a candidate in the House of Councillors election, on July 10, near Kintetsu Railway Co.’s Yamato-Saidaiji Station. He was shot at 11:25 am, local time. Abe was then shifted to Nara Medical University Hospital but was in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest.
The Nara Prefectural Police arrested 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami. He was seen close to the venue of Abe’s speech, Yamagami was found in possession of an object, reportedly a gun, Japanese National Daily Mainichi reported.
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