New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot in the city of Nara, reports Japan’s NHK. He was soon rushed to the hospital.
Shinzo Abe collapsed during a speech in the city of Nara, in western Japan.
Suspect has been detained, said reports.
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot at, suspect detained pic.twitter.com/gESIXVCzgU
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Initial reports say he may have been injured. An NHK reporter on site heard something that sounded like a gunshot, and saw Abe bleeding, reported Japan’s NHK WORLD News.
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot in the city of Nara, reports Japan’s NHK. pic.twitter.com/pw4TyCdArl
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This is a developing story.