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Shinzo Abe is unconscious after apparently being shot

Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, collapsed and was left unconscious after he was apparently shot on Friday while giving a speech in western Japan, according to a fire official.

Mr. Abe, 67, appeared to be bleeding after a gunshot was heard in the city of Nara near Kyoto, according to a reporter for NHK, the public broadcaster. Kyodo News said Mr. Abe had been shot in the chest.

Abe was giving a campaign speech on behalf of Kei Sato a current member of the Upper House running for reelection in Nara.

Fumio Kishida, Japan’s current prime minister, was on the campaign trail in Yamagata Prefecture and is returning to Tokyo and is expected to speak with reporters.

Seigo Yasuhara, an official in the command center at the Nara Fire Department, said that Mr. Abe is under cardiopulmonary arrest.

UPDATE:

Public broadcaster NHK has reported that Shinzo Abe is confirmed to have died after this morning’s shooting, citing officials.

A senior Liberal Democratic party official told NHK that Abe died in the hospital where he had been receiving treatment.

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