Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said, “As a country that has been a victim of terrorism and has lost great leaders to terrorists, we are following the news on the assassination of the former prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, closely and with concern.”
The Iranian Embassy in Japan also condemned the shooting in a tweet, saying, “We condemn the cowardly assassination of Shinzo Abe. We pray that God will grant him health and speedy recovery.”
#BREAKING Former Japan PM Abe showing no vital signs after attack. pic.twitter.com/uubDlA6OsT
— Sumit Kumar (@SumitLegal) July 8, 2022
Video of the scene where Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe was shot. Paramedics actively working on Abe and reportedly the suspect being carried out. pic.twitter.com/9DYrmCoxBX
— Global: MilitaryInfo (@Global_Mil_Info) July 8, 2022
Abe, 67, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was making a speech for the parliamentary election when a man opened fired at him from behind. Abe was airlifted to the hospital in a grave condition of cardiac arrest.
A strange weapon has been used in attack.#ShinzoAbe #Japan pic.twitter.com/QJ19hKgIe9
— Madhaw Tiwari (@MadhawTiwari) July 8, 2022
The suspect can be seen behind Former Prime Minister Mr. Shinzo Abe.#ShinzoAbe #Japan pic.twitter.com/VTipecJNPS
— Madhaw Tiwari (@MadhawTiwari) July 8, 2022
Police said a 41-year-old suspect who was armed with an apparently homemade gun had been arrested.
