During a campaign event, a man uses a smoke bomb to target Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and escapes an attempted assassination (video).

 

An explosion at a location where the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, was giving an outdoor speech on Saturday, April 15, resulted in an attempt on his life.

According to the local news organization Kyodo news, a man had been detained after throwing “what appeared to be a smoke bomb.

Following the explosion, members of the public fled and a man was arrested, according to NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster.

The recording showed numerous cops, holding the suspect on the ground. Different pictures showed a silver chamber that was tossed toward Kishida.

Shortly following Kishida’s visit to the nearby Saikazaki Fishing Port, the dramatic scenes took place in the city of Wakayama.

The conditions encompassing the associated assault attracted quick correlations with the death with Japanese previous State head Shinzo Abe, who was shot in July last year during a mission discourse in the western city of Nara.

Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was shot while delivering a campaign speech to a small audience near a train station.

Japan, a nation with a low crime rate and a reputation for political and gun violence that is rarely associated with Asia, was shocked by the attack on Abe.

In his case, Kishida had also been giving a political speech to support the candidate for the House of Representatives in a local by-election in a Wakayama district.

A city council member who was present at the scene told NHK that a “cylindrical silver object” had flown “about two meters in front of me” shortly before the explosion was heard. This is the moment that Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida escapes an attempted assassination during a campaign event.

“A silver cylinder” was also seen by another eyewitness, who said it “was thrown and then shone a bit before a big sound was heard.”

Before the man is apprehended, he can be seen holding a silver cylinder and making hand gestures as though he is trying to light it, according to NHK.

Japanese officials said later on Saturday that Kishida was safe and unharmed.

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