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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot during campaign speech

By Kyodo News via Associated Press

July 7, 2022

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Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, falls on the ground in Nara, Japan, on Friday. Abe was apparently shot during a campaign speech in western Japan, NHK public television said.
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In this image from a video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, is attended on the ground in Nara.
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Tetsuya Yamagami is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara.
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In this image from a video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a campaign speech in Nara, shortly before he was shot Friday.
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People read extra editions of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting that Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot Friday.
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In this image from a video, a man, center, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara.
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In this image from a video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, falls on the ground in Nara.
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A patient, believed to be Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is carried on a stretcher on arrival by medical helicopter at a hospital in Kashihara, Nara prefecture, Japan.
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People in Tokyo watch TV news reporting Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot.
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Investigators work near the site of gunshots in Nara.
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People react after gunshots in Nara.
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People react after gunshots in Nara.
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This aerial photo shows the scene of gunshots in Nara.
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Police inspect the site where Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in Nara.

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