Former PM Abe Transported To Hospital After Being Shot In Chest

Japanese media outlets run headlines with more details on a gunman's attack on PM Abe in Nara.

• Press reports suggest that Abe was shot in the chest from behind, presumably with a shotgun.
• Unidentified LDP members told Jiji that he was unconscious and bleeding from the neck, while Kyodo said that Abe was unresponsive and in cardiac arrest.
• NHK notes that "currently lifesaving measures are ongoing, but his condition is unknown."
• The police confirmed that the attacker was apprehended at the scene of attack and has been detained.
• Abe was delivering a speech by a train station in Nara as part of the Liberal Democratic Party's campaign ahead of the upcoming Upper House election.