Former PM collapses after being shot during campaign speech ahead of upper house elections on Sunday
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is in a critical condition after being shot while making a speech in the western city of Nara.
His successor, Fumio Kishida called the shooting an unforgivable act, and said he hoped Abe – the country’s longest-serving prime minister until he resigned in 2020 –would survive the attack.
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