NBC, The Washington Post and other media outlets reported today that Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was shot while giving a speech in western Japan near Kyoto.
Both outlets cited the nation’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, who said the former PM was shot around 11:30 a.m. local time.
Abe was said to be bleeding as he was loaded into an ambulance. The New York Times, citing a local fire official, reported Abe was unconscious and showing no vital signs.
He was driven to a helicopter and flown to a medical facility. Multiple reports had Abe in cardiopulmonary arrest when he arrived.Japanese media outlet NHK reported that a man had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
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