Japan’s Former PM Shinzo Abe In Cardiopulmonary Arrest After Being Shot

Mumbai: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who collapsed after being shot in the chest while delivering a speech in Nara City on Friday, was taken to hospital, where he is reported to have a “cardiopulmonary arrest”.

The local fire department said the former Japanese prime minister was taken to hospital and placed under cardiopulmonary arrest. He is to be transferred by medevac to Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara City in the prefecture.

Police said it appeared Abe was shot from behind with a shotgun, the Kyodo news agency said. Local media reported that the police had taken the assistant into custody and recovered a gun from the scene.

Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, citing police sources, said Abe was alert and more sensitive when he was taken to hospital after a possible shooting.

Local media reported that Abe was campaigning for the Liberal Democratic Party candidate in this Sunday’s House of Councilors election when people at the scene heard gunshots twice.

Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, stepped down in 2020 citing health reasons. He was the Prime Minister of Japan twice, from 2006–07 and again from 2012–20. He was succeeded by Yoshihide Suga and later by Fumio Kishida.

Shinzo Abe shares a deep bond of friendship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi which was quite evident in the meeting between both leaders in the month of May. The meeting illustrated the huge goodwill and personal chemistry of PM Modi with the former Japanese PM

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