By PTI
TOKYO: Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed and was bleeding after apparently being shot during a campaign speech in western Japan, NHK public television said Friday.
NHK says Abe was bleeding when he collapsed and was rushed to a hospital.
Witnesses reported hearing gunshots in the apparent attack in Nara.
He was standing while making an election campaign speech ahead of Sunday’s election for the parliament’s upper house.