The former premier Shinzo Abe was at the center of an attack during a rally in Japan. "It would appear not to show vital signs" in the first tests done on the functionality of the heart and lungs. Thus the first reports reported by the Japanese media. Unfortunately, as the hours went by, there was nothing to be done for former premier Shinzo Abe and he died. The attacker, as reported by the broadcaster Fuji TV, would be a soldier, a member of the maritime self-defense of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, the Jietai. Abe was the protagonist during his tenure as premier of an accommodative monetary policy that was part of the economic support strategy that bears his name, the "Abenomics".
Shinzo Abe attack: assailant arrested. “I was dissatisfied”
The Japanese police have 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami arrested on charges of attempted murder for having fired the two shots at former premier Shinzo Abe in Nara, in central-western Japan. The gesture is inexplicable: the ex-military arrested said he had decided to kill Abe because he was "dissatisfied with the work of the former political leader".
The man, a local resident - reports Ansa - had managed to evade security and approach Abe, who was engaged in an electoral speech. The reasons for the move are still unclear. He hit the former prime minister twice in the back resulting in "cardiopulmonary arrest" and his immediate transport to Nara Medical University hospital.
There were at least two shots fired from behind and at close range. Abe was allegedly shot in the neck and chest, falling to the ground bleeding and unconscious. The episode took place around 11.30 (4.30 in Italy) in the city of Nara, in central-western Japan, where Abe was engaged in an electoral event in support of a candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party. The public network NHK reported that Abe, 67, was immediately rescued and transported to hospital, but the firefighters reported that his conditions appeared very serious as he showed no "signs of life" in the preliminary functionality tests of heart and lungs. Police said a man, the alleged bomber, was arrested at the site of the attack near Yamatosaidaiji station in Nara city.
Shinzo Abe attack: who was the prime minister assassinated, the shock of the Great
The news of the attack and of Abe's sudden death shocked world leaders who expressed unanimous reproach and condolences for the tragedy. From Boris Johnson to the Indian premier Modi, from the US ambassador in Tokyo to China, there is unanimous shock at the sudden end of the Japanese leader, a moderate and faithful ally of the United States. His grandfather, Kishi Nobusuke, had been prime minister from '57 to '60, and his great-uncle Sato Eisaku had held the same position from '64 to '72. After graduating from the prestigious Seikei University in Tokyo, Abe moved to the United States to study political science at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. There the bond with America had germinated, which would later mark his political career. Back at home in 1979, Abe had become very active in the Liberal Democratic Party, climbing all the positions to become secretary to his father, Shintaro Abe, Japan's foreign minister.
