[UPDATE: CONFIRMED DEAD, TRUMP RESPONDS] Former Japanese Prime Minister SHOT while on campaign trail…

by The Right Scoop

 
MAJOR UPDATE: It has been confirmed that Shinzo Abe has died:

 
What a shame. President Trump left this message today on the bad news:

 
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was just shot by someone with a homemade looking gun while he was on the campaign trail.

Reports are that he had no life signs as he was being taken to the hospital.

Here’s more:

Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has been shot on the street in the western prefecture of Nara.

Police arrested a man at the scene.

Abe was making a speech for an election campaign in Nara City. He collapsed at around 11: 30 a.m., after people on the scene heard what sounded like a gun going off twice.

Abe was taken to a hospital. The fire department says he is showing no vital signs.

Police arrested 41-year-old Yamagami Tetsuya in Nara City for allegedly attempting murder. They say they seized a gun at the site which the suspect was apparently holding.

Abe was transferred by medevac to Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara City in the prefecture. Police say Abe appears to have been shot from behind.

An NHK reporter who was at the scene says Abe was bleeding.

Here’s a photo from the scene of Abe on the ground with people around him…

This is the man who shot Abe:

And below is a closeup of the strange looking gun that some are saying might be a double barrel shotgun type weapon:

The shooter has been apprehended:

I’ve decided not to post video of that actual shooting, in case he didn’t make it. From the reports it really doesn’t sound good, but I do hope rescue workers were able to keep him alive.

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