🚨🚨Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot

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BREAKING: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has collapsed in Nara, western Japan, and shots were heard in the vicinity, broadcaster NHK reports https://trib.al/YcFSR50


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7:50 PM · Jul 7, 2022

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-08/japan-s-ex-pm-abe-collapses-in-nara-shots-heard-nhk-says

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[Takket]

1. Whoa! A shooting in Japan? That is practically unheard of.

[blogslug]

2. Some reports say

He was "shot at"

Others say he was shot and taken to the hospital. Now reading he is/was in cardiac arrest

https://www.thedailybeast.com/shinzo-abe-reportedly-shot-in-the-chest-on-nara-street-during-speech-and-rushed-to-hospital

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/asia/shinzo-abe-japan-nara-shooting-intl-hnk/index.html

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/former-japan-pm-shinzo-abe-shot-8016155/

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/japan-ex-pm-shinzo-abe-collapses-in-nara-shots-heard-report-101657248658413.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/shinzo-abe-former-japan-prime-minister-shot-during-speech-reports

[dalton99a]

3. Shot in the chest while delivering a speech on the street; attacker arrested