Shinzo Abe UPDATE: 41 year- old Tetsuya Yamagami arrested for the incident | ABP News

A 41-year-old man, Tetsuya Yamagami, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for shooting at former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. The suspect had also been detained by Japanese law enforcement for attempted murder. According to reports, a gun had been taken away from the man. 

The 67-year-old politician was shot from behind when he was making a stump speech in Nara on Friday morning at 11:30 am after which the assailant was taken into custody by the Police.

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