Japan Ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Dies from Gunshot Wounds

 

Japan’s international news service NHK reported early Friday that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died. He was shot during a speech on Friday in the city of Nara, near Kyoto.

Sources from Abe’s NDP party were cited as the basis for the report.

“Shinzo Abe was transported to (the hospital) at 12:20pm. He was in a state of cardiac arrest upon arrival. Resuscitation was administered. However, unfortunately he died at 5:03 pm,” said Professor Hidetada Fukushima at Nara Medical University hospital, according to AFP.

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Here is  earlier coverage on the hours after the incident:

The younger brother of former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters in Tokyo early Friday morning the former leader is receiving a blood transfusion in hospital as his condition remains “very grave.”

Nobuo Kishi, who serves as defence minister in the Japanese government, added the attack is an inexcusable act no matter the motivations of the assailant.

Abe, Japan’s longest-serving premier, was shot in the neck and chest and has suffered significant internal bleeding, as Breitbart News