Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was rushed to hospital after collapsing while bleeding in the middle of a speech he was giving in Nara (west), Japanese media reported.
Initial reports[/B] cite one to two shots, hitting the veteran conservative politician in the chest and neck. Police arrested the alleged shooter of the attack.
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Shinzo Abe shows no vital signs, according to Japanese media. According to a source close to the fire department in the area, "former Prime Minister Abe appears to be in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest," public television network NHK reported, using the terminology of Japanese authorities when one's death is simply left to be determined by a coroner.
Neither the police nor the fire department were able to officially confirm this information when contacted by Agence France-Presse.
According to Kyodo news agency, the perpetrator of the attack on the nationalist former prime minister was arrested and the weapon he used was confiscated. He is a man aged 42, according to the same source.
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced that he is returning to the country's capital, Tokyo, in a hurry, cutting short his election campaign after a gunman attacked his predecessor and current party deputy, Japanese media report.
Source: APM
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