Japanese media have revealed details about a suspect who shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The media reported that the suspect in the assassination attempt, Shinzo Abe, is a 40-year-old former sailor of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, a resident of the city of Nara, where the former prime minister spoke.
The police arrested the shooter, but he did not resist. There is no information about his motives.
According to eyewitnesses, the suspect shot Abe twice from behind. With homemade weapons.
The media indicated that Abe is currently in a hospital in Nara Prefecture. The emergency services reported that the politician had “cardiac and lung arrest.”
Source: RT