Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was taken to hospital after he was reportedly shot on Friday in Nara, a city in western Japan, and was said to have been in a critical condition.
Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, collapsed and appeared to have been shot in the chest around 11:30 a.m. local time near Yamato-Saidaiji Station.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida suspended his election campaign after Abe’s collapse. At a press conference, Kishida condemned the shooting, calling it an unacceptable attack on the foundation of Japan’s democracy, while adding that Abe was in critical condition and that doctors were doing everything they can….