{"id":62354,"date":"2022-07-08T18:18:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T16:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-japanese-leader-dies-after-being-shot-at-campaign-event"},"modified":"2022-07-08T21:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T19:03:09","slug":"former-japanese-leader-dies-after-being-shot-at-campaign-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-japanese-leader-dies-after-being-shot-at-campaign-event","title":{"rendered":"Former Japanese Leader Dies After Being Shot At Campaign Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot at a campaign event in the western city of Nara, near Kyoto.<\/p>\n<p>Abe (67), was shot around 11:30 AM local time (10:30 PM Thursday ET) as he was campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that one person had been arrested in relation to the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Abe was rushed to Nara Medical University Hospital after suffering cardio and pulmonary arrest. He was later declared dead.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr Hidetada Fukushima, a professor of emergency medicine at the hospital, Abe had two gunshot wounds and no vital signs when he arrived less than an hour after the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Life-saving measures including blood transfusions were unsuccessful, said Dr Fukushima, and Abe was pronounced dead at 4:03 AM Eastern Time (ET).<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the attack, describing it as \u201ca despicable and barbaric act that took place in the midst of an election, which is the foundation of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kishida said no decisions had been made as to how the shooting would affect the election for the upper house of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Abe was shot while campaigning for other members of the governing conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) but was not a candidate himself.<\/p>\n<p>Iwao Horii, an LDP member of the upper house representing Nara, who was standing next to Abe when the former prime minister was shot, said:<\/p>\n<p>We heard two loud sounds while he was talking and he fell immediately after that.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Abe was unresponsive when emergency medics tried to resuscitate him.<\/p>\n<p>Abe was the first foreign leader to meet with Donald Trump after he became U.S. president-elect in November 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He resigned two years ago amid a worsening of his ulcerative colitis, a chronic bowel condition he had battled for years.<\/p>\n<p>Abe stepped down days after he set a record as Japan\u2019s longest-lasting prime minister, having been in office for almost eight years.<\/p>\n<p>He previously served as prime minister from 2006 to 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Download the Pindula App for a better user experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot at a campaign event in the western city of Nara, near Kyoto. Abe (67), was shot around 11:30 AM local time (10:30 PM Thursday ET) as he was campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for Sunday. 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