“Shinzo Abe was taken (to the hospital) at 12:20 p.m. He was in a state of cardiorespiratory arrest upon arrival. They tried to revive him. Unfortunately, however, he passed away at 5:03 p.m.,” said Hidetada Fukushima, head of emergency medicine. at the hospital of Nara Medical University, located in Kashihara, a neighboring city.
From the government of Japan, the chief of staff Hirokazu Matsuno had officially confirmed that Abe “was shot at around 11:30 (last night at 11:30 p.m. in Argentina) in Nara” but that he was unaware of “the former prime minister’s condition” as a result of the attack.
The alleged perpetrator of the attack is Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, who was arrested at the scene of the crime and did not resist during the arrest. He is a former officer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces. The motives that led him to attack Shinzo Abe are unknown.
world condemnation of the crime
the ambassador of USA in Tokyo, Rahm Emmanueldeclared to be “saddened and shocked” by the attack against Abe, whom he defined as “an exceptional leader of Japan and a staunch ally of the United States.”
Russia For his part, he described this Friday as “a monstrous crime” and “an act of terrorism” the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
“We are convinced that those who conceived and committed this monstrous crime will be duly punished for this act of terrorism that is not and cannot be justified,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The president of the European ComissionUrsula Von der Leyen, and the holder of the European CouncilCharles Michel, lamented this Friday the “brutal” death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead during a campaign rally.
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, said Friday he felt “deeply saddened” by the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whom he referred to as a “friend.”
In a first reaction, the Argentine Foreign Ministry issued a tweet stating that “The Argentina expresses its deepest condolences to the Government of Japan and the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who died after being the victim of a gun attack.”
How the attack on Shinzo Abe happened
Born on September 21, 1954, Shinzo Abe was the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.
At the time of the attack, he was leading an act in the framework of the campaign for the upper house elections legislative scheduled for this Sunday when shots were heard.
“I was giving a speech and a man came from behind,” a young woman who was participating in the campaign event and who said she witnessed the shooting attack told NHK.
He added: “The first shot sounded like a toy. He (for Abe) didn’t fall but then there was a loud bang; the second shot was more visible, you could see the blast and the smoke.”
Meanwhile, the chief of staff of the Japanese government, Hirokazu Matsunoexpressed that “whatever the reason, a barbaric act like this cannot be tolerated and we strongly condemn it”.
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party told the Jiji news agency that after hearing the shot, Shinzo Abe “collapsed and was bleeding from the neck,” according to AFP.
Several Japanese media reported that the former leader had been attacked from behind, possibly “with a shotgun”, while the Japanese government announced the creation of a task force to investigate the incident in depth.
Source: Ambito
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