Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Has Died After He Was Shot While Making A Speech

UPDATE — 8 July 2022: Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe 

originally reported Guardian

BREAKING: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event Friday, broadcaster NHK reported, citing Japanese police sources. NHK reported Abe was showing no vital signs. At least two gunshots were heard on-site.

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— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) July 8, 2022

BREAKING:
Former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe has been shot and injured, received bullet(s) in chest, being rushed to hospital in Nara city. He had just delivered a speech there pic.twitter.com/dHaBYdVJfb

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has died after he was shot during a campaign speech in the city of Nara. Japanese public broadcaster NHK first reported that Abe had died. The publication Abe was rushed to hospital after collapsing and was in a “state of cardiopulmonary arrest” and “showing no vital signs” after visibly bleeding from his chest. Per the , Abe was reportedly shot from behind with a shotgun in what is believed to be an assassination attempt. According to NHK, one man has been taken into custody after the shooting. Shinzo Abe was at a campaign event making a speech before Japan’s upper house elections this Sunday.