Agencies
Beijing, July 08:
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reportedly collapsed in Nara, western Japan, and shots were heard in the vicinity. Abe is showing no vital signs after the attack.
According to Japanese public broadcaster NHK, Abe was seen bleeding and the reporter present at the site “heard something that sounded like a gunshot.”
“A local fire department says former prime minister Abe appears to be in a state of cardio-respiratory arrest,” public broadcaster NHK said, a term used in Japan before a feared death can be confirmed by a doctor.
Police said they have captured a man and are questioning him, NHK reported.
Abe was attacked by a man from behind while he was making a stump speech on a street in Nara on Friday
