Japanese Prime Minister Kishida: Abe is in critical condition after assassination attempt

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in critical condition after the assassination attempt.

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“Former Prime Minister Abe was attacked today in Nara Prefecture. His condition is extremely serious,” he said.

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The police report that the politician was shot in the neck on the right and in the chest on the left.

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Shinzo Abe was attacked during a street speech during an election campaign in the city of Nara. The politician was wounded from a firearm and hospitalized unconscious. The prefectural fire department said he was in “a state of cardiac and pulmonary arrest,” a Japanese term for near-death experience that only a doctor can confirm, not rescuers.

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According to preliminary data, the attacker is 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, who previously served in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. He is currently under arrest.