Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a speech in Nara.
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Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot while giving a speech outside the Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara. The assailant appeared to approach him from behind.
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Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, falls on the ground in Nara. According to reports, Abe was in heart failure after being shot during a campaign speech.Credit:AP
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Security police tackle a suspect shortly afterwards.Credit:The Asahi Shimbun / Getty Images
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A woman looks at a screen broadcasting the news of the shooting. A suspect was apprehended and taken into custody, as Abe was rushed to a hospital via helicopter.Credit:Christopher Jue/Getty Images
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Members of media gather in front of Nara Medical University Hospital, awaiting the news of Shinzo Abe’s condition. Credit:Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images
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Akie Abe (at left), wife of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe arrives at Yamato-yagi station to visit Nara Medical University Hospital where Shinzo Abe was transferred. Credit:Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images
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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaks to media at the Prime Minister’s official residence.Credit:AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko
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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is stretchered to a helicopter after being shot while making a street speech in front of Yamatosaidaiji Station.Credit:Getty
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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a street speech before being shot in front of Yamatosaidaiji Station.Credit:Getty
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People cycle past Nara Medical University Hospital where Shinzo Abe was rushed via helicopter following the shooting.Credit:Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images
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An employee distributes extra editions of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting on the shooting.Credit:AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko
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Shinzo Abe making a speech before being shot. The speech was ahead of elections on Sunday.Credit:Kyodo News via AP
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People react after gunshots are heard.Credit:Kyodo News via AP
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Security police tackle the man suspected of carrying out the shooting.Credit:The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images
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People look at the scene of the shooting.Credit:Kosuke Okahara/Bloomberg
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Security and police try to secure the area immediately after the shooting.Credit:Kyodo News via AP
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Police inspect the area.Credit:Kyodo News via AP
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Police officers collect evidence at the scene of the shooting.Credit:Kosuke Okahara/Bloomberg
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Police officers and onlookers at the scene after Mr Abe was taken to hospital.Credit:Kosuke Okahara/Bloomberg
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Investigators work near the site.Credit:Kyodo News via AP
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In this aerial image, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on a stretcher to a helicopter after being shot in front of Yamatosaidaiji Station while making a street speech for upcoming Upper House election.Credit:The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images
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Mr Abe was rushed to hospital by helicopter, where he died.Credit:NHK
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People watch TV news reporting the shooting.Credit:Kyodo News via AP
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upon his arrival for a welcome and family photo session at G-20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan on Friday, June 28, 2019.Credit:Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses a joint sitting in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra in 2014.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Tony Abbott, Australia’s prime minister, left, and Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, attend a welcoming ceremony at the State Guest Houses in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, April 7, 2014. Abbott, having called Japan his country’s closest friend in Asia, will seek this week to overcome Chinese unease about his loyalties in a region beset by territorial tensions.Credit:Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, left, and Tony Abbott, Australia’s prime minister, inspect an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the State Guest Houses in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, April 7, 2014. Abbott, having called Japan his country’s closest friend in Asia, will seek this week to overcome Chinese unease about his loyalties in a region beset by territorial tensions.Credit:Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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Then Prime Minister Tony Abbott with then US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Brisbane in 2014Credit:Andrew Meares
