Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated safely on Saturday after a man threw what appeared to be “a smoke bomb” at a site where Kishida was about to deliver a speech for an election campaign.
Kishida was visiting the local Saikazaki Fishing Port in Wakayama City to support his Party’s candidate in a local election when the incident happened.
Footage released by Japanese broadcaster NHK showed people fleeing in panic as a loud explosion occurred. Kishida was seen standing with his back to the crowd. His security detail suddenly points to the ground near him, and the prime minister whips around, looking alarmed….