Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has stated that the country’s former PM Shinzo Abe is in a “very grave condition” after shooting.
Earlier, a hospital official said Abe appeared to be in a state of cardiac arrest when airlifted to hospital, after having initially been conscious and responsive.
"Such an act of barbarity cannot be tolerated," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.
The statement comes amid reports that the man suspected of shooting Abe said that he had been dissatisfied with the former PM and wanted to kill him.
Japanese media reported on Friday that an unknown assailant attacked and injured the country’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his speech in the city of Nara earlier in the day.
