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What is Known so Far About the Shinzo Abe Assassination Attempt?

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Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday morning as the former Japanese prime minister was campaigning for a fellow Liberal Democratic Party candidate in the city of... 08.07.2022, Sputnik International

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What is Known so Far About the Shinzo Abe Assassination Attempt?

05:47 GMT 08.07.2022 (Updated: 09:23 GMT 08.07.2022)

© AP Photo / Eugene HoshikoAn employee distributes extra editions of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting on Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot, Friday, July 8, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a nearby hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials said.

An employee distributes extra editions of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting on Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot, Friday, July 8, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a nearby hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials said. - Sputnik International, 1920, 08.07.2022

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Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday morning as the former Japanese prime minister was campaigning for a fellow Liberal Democratic Party candidate in the city of Nara.

This is what we know about the tragic incident so far:

The politician was shot at around at 11:30 a.m. local time. The attacker shot two times, reportedly wounding Abe in the chest.

Reports suggested that Abe was bleeding in the neck area and was conscious immediately after the attack.

The ex-PM was rushed to the Nara University hospital, with reports claiming he was not breathing and that his heart had stopped.

According to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Abe is in "very grave condition".

"Former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot in Nara and I have been informed he is in a very grave condition... I pray that former prime minister Abe will survive", Kishida said.

NHK reported that the ex-Prime Minister succumbed to his wounds in the hospital