[Photo] Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shot, 41-Year-Old Suspect Arrested

On the morning of the 8th, a male suspect believed to have shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally for the House of Councillors election in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan, is being restrained by a man who appears to be a bodyguard. Japanese media reported that the suspect is a 41-year-old man named Yamagami Tetsuya. The police arrested him at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and are currently investigating. [Image source = Twitter]

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed after being attacked around 11:30 a.m. on the 8th during a campaign rally in Nara Prefecture. Officials are performing artificial respiration. According to eyewitnesses at the scene, two gunshots were heard shortly after the rally began, and then former Prime Minister Abe collapsed bleeding. Fire authorities reported that Abe was in cardiopulmonary arrest. [Photo credit = Reuters·Yonhap News]

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Japanese police are managing the scene in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot on the morning of the 8th. [Photo credit = Reuters·Yonhap News]

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (center) is seen giving a campaign speech from a rally vehicle on the morning of the 8th before the attack. [Photo credit = Reuters·Yonhap News]

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