Swara the Voice: Born into a prominent political family, Shinzo Abe, who was shot at a campaign event on Friday in western Japan, had been the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister.
Abe was critically wounded after being shot twice, near Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara in western Japan, at about 11:30 JST (8 a.m. IST). He was delivering a campaign speech on behalf of Councillor Kei Satō, a Liberal Democratic Party candidate running for re-election, ahead of upcoming elections for Japan’s upper house, scheduled on Sunday, 10 July.
The former PM was initially conscious and communicative right after he was shot, but soon showed no vital signs and was in cardiopulmonary arrest.
