After Shinzo Abe, Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida has now become a target! Bomb blast during address, watch video

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was on Saturday morning visiting a port in western Japan when he was attacked by a bomb. by attack Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was rescued and security personnel apprehended the assailant. Local media reported that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated safely after the bomb was thrown. A loud explosion was heard in the city of Wakayama on Saturday, just before the start of the PM’s speech. According to public broadcaster NHK, there was an explosion-like sound at the site. Kishida was reported to have rushed to the scene but was uninjured.

Video footage broadcast by Japanese media showed people who had gathered at the scene running for shelter. Kishida narrowly escaped after the incident. The PM’s speech was a part of official campaigning for the Wakayama No. 1 district’s lower house by-election. In light of the attack, Kishida’s speech has been cancelled. The incident comes months after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead during a stump speech ahead of the Upper House election in July last year.

Government broadcaster NHK gave this information. NHK reported that Kishida was not injured and was taken to the Wakayama Prefecture police headquarters. The attack comes as the group’s ministerial meetings are set to begin this weekend in Japan ahead of the May 19-21 G7 summit. Nine months before the incident, Kishida’s predecessor Shinzo Abe was assassinated during an election campaign in the western city of Nara. Abe’s assassination shocked the nation. An investigation into the incident revealed lapses in his security. After this, police security measures were changed in Japan. According to NHK, Kishida was in Wakayama’s Saizaki port to encourage a candidate for his ruling party in local elections.

The channel reported that the Prime Minister was about to start his speech when there was an explosion. According to NHK, a suspect was arrested at the scene. Video footage aired on the channel showed several police officers in uniform and plainclothes surrounding the arrested man. NHK reported that the suspect was a young male and that he had allegedly thrown the explosives. An eyewitness told NHK that she was among the crowd when she saw something coming through the air from behind and suddenly there was a loud explosion, after which she fled with her children. Another eyewitness said that people were shouting and that he saw a man being grabbed just before the explosion.

#ahora , The moment of the strong explosion a few meters from the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida. pic.twitter.com/wVzSQX2DTe

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