Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been rushed to hospital following a possible shooting during a speech in Nara, Japan, public broadcaster NHK reports.
The broadcaster reported Abe collapsed while giving a campaign speech on a street in Nara City at around 11:30 a.m. local time and appeared to be bleeding after a possible gunshot from the back.
According to a Liberal Democratic Party official, Abe was shot in the chest before being rushed to hospital in an ambulance, NHK reported. The former prime minister was then moved to Nara Medical University.
A suspect has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and a gun was retrieved, the broadcaster reported. Abe would be pronounced dead later on from the gun wounds.
The broadcaster reported Abe collapsed while giving a campaign speech on a street in Nara City at around 11:30 a.m. local time and appeared to be bleeding after a possible gunshot from the back.
According to a Liberal Democratic Party official, Abe was shot in the chest before being rushed to hospital in an ambulance, NHK reported. The former prime minister was then moved to Nara Medical University.
A suspect has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and a gun was retrieved, the broadcaster reported. Abe would be pronounced dead later on from the gun wounds.