Prefectural police in Nara arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of the attack and identified him as Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, a former member of Japan’s navy. He never regained his vital signs, Fukushima said. Nara Medical University emergency department chief Hidetada Fukushima said Abe suffered major damage to his heart, along with two neck wounds that damaged an artery. I send my deepest condolences to his family.” The United States stands with Japan in this moment of grief. While there are many details that we do not yet know, we know that violent attacks are never acceptable and that gun violence always leaves a deep scar on the communities that are affected by it. Even at the moment he was attacked, he was engaged in the work of democracy. “Above all, cared deeply about the Japanese people and dedicated his life to their service.
President Joe Biden said he was “stunned, outraged and deeply saddened by the news that my friend Abe Shinzo, former prime minister of Japan, was shot and killed while campaigning.” In a statement released by the White House, U.S. “We are saddened and horrified by the recent news coming from Japan,” she said.
You’ll be missed, my friend.”įoreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, attending the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Indonesia, said she expressed Canada’s condolences to Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi. My thoughts are with his wife, Akie, and the people of Japan as they mourn this loss. “The world has lost a great man of vision, and Canada has lost a close friend. “The assassination of (Abe) is incredibly shocking - and I’m deeply saddened,” Trudeau said on Twitter on Friday. He was pronounced dead after receiving massive blood transfusions, officials said. The 67-year-old Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving leader when he resigned in 2020, collapsed bleeding and was airlifted to a nearby hospital in Nara, although he was not breathing and his heart had stopped. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is “shocking,” and that Canada has “lost a close friend” with his death.Ībe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech - an attack that stunned the country that has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere.
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