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Shinzo Abe Is Unconscious After Apparently Being Shot

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:31 pm
by Bob Juch
TOKYO — Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, collapsed and was left unconscious after he was apparently shot on Friday while giving a speech in western Japan, according to a fire official.

Mr. Abe, 67, appeared to be bleeding after a gunshot was heard in the city of Nara near Kyoto, according to a reporter for NHK, the public broadcaster. Kyodo News said Mr. Abe had been shot in the chest.

NHK, citing the police, said a suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, had been taken into custody. He was a Nara resident, the report said.

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Re: Shinzo Abe Is Unconscious After Apparently Being Shot

Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:41 am
by silverscreenselect
Abe has died from his injuries. RIP.

Re: Shinzo Abe Is Unconscious After Apparently Being Shot

Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:28 am
by BackInTex
This was shocking.

Read that the gun used was homemade and that the motive was not politcally based.