Breaking Shinzo Abe, a towering figure in Japanese and global politics, was assassinated on Friday, sending shockwaves around the world and triggering an outpouring from world leaders | ErykBagshaw
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Kishida said the attack on Abe during an election campaign was an attack on “the very foundation of democracy”.Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said doctors had tried everything to save his older brother’s life including administering blood transfusions. He said the shooting was “unacceptable” and that he would investigate reports that the shooter was a former member of the nation’s self-defence forces.
Abe, who only resigned as prime minister in 2020 was shot in front of campaigners outside a busy train station in Nara, near Kyoto. The would-be assassin, 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami was filmed approaching Abe from behind before firing a homemade shotgun twice in his direction. Footage aired on television showed a shot being fired before white smoke enveloped Abe’s entourage. A second shot saw Abe collapse to the ground, before onlookers attempted CPR and Abe was rushed to hospital.
“And they don’t tend to be guns like that one on the ground. That one on the ground is, as I say, very, very homemade.”
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