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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums🚨🚨Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot
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BREAKING: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has collapsed in Nara, western Japan, and shots were heard in the vicinity, broadcaster NHK reports https://trib.al/YcFSR50
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7:50 PM · Jul 7, 2022
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BREAKING: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has collapsed in Nara, western Japan, and shots were heard in the vicinity, broadcaster NHK reports https://trib.al/YcFSR50
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-08/japan-s-ex-pm-abe-collapses-in-nara-shots-heard-nhk-says
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🚨🚨Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jul 2022
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Takket
(21,577 posts)1. Whoa! A shooting in Japan? That is practically unheard of.
blogslug
(38,002 posts)2. Some reports say
He was "shot at"
Others say he was shot and taken to the hospital. Now reading he is/was in cardiac arrest
https://www.thedailybeast.com/shinzo-abe-reportedly-shot-in-the-chest-on-nara-street-during-speech-and-rushed-to-hospital
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/asia/shinzo-abe-japan-nara-shooting-intl-hnk/index.html
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/former-japan-pm-shinzo-abe-shot-8016155/
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/japan-ex-pm-shinzo-abe-collapses-in-nara-shots-heard-report-101657248658413.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/shinzo-abe-former-japan-prime-minister-shot-during-speech-reports
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)3. Shot in the chest while delivering a speech on the street; attacker arrested