Japanese Prime Minister: Abe is in a very dangerous condition

Japanese broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News reported that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was taken to hospital after being shot and apparently suffers from cardiac and respiratory failure, a phrase used in Japan before officially confirming his death, according to Agence France-Presse. Press".

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Abe was in a very serious condition after he was shot.

"Former Prime Minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am in Nara. A man suspected of being the shooter was arrested," Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters, adding that "Abe's condition is currently unknown."

"Whatever the reason, a barbaric act of this kind cannot be tolerated and we strongly condemn it," Matsuno added. 

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