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10:45 a.m. : Hello @Jeanne, a man in his forties from the Nara region, where the attack took place, was arrested for “attempted murder”. His name and photo have been given by several media, but as usual, we do not release this information before there is an indictment, or equivalent procedure.
10:45 a.m. : I saw that a name was circulating concerning the author of the shots against Shinzo Abe: is information already available on this man?
10:45 a.m. : Japanese police have begun raiding the home of the suspect in the shooting attack hours earlier on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to footage from state broadcaster NHK. Several police officers are on site wearing protective clothing, helmets and shields.
10:37 : Akie Abe, the wife of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has arrived at the hospital where her husband is being treated. We are still without news of the state of health of the politician, who was seriously injured this morning by a firearm during a speech in the west of the country. (PHILIP FONG / AFP)
10:35 a.m. : Russia denounces “a monstrous crime” and one “act of terrorism”after the attack that targeted former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
09:56 : Germany says in turn “shocked” by the attack which targeted former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reacted the head of diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock. “My thoughts go out to him and his family.”
09:45 : Deeply shocked by the heinous attack that Shinzo Abe suffered. Thoughts to the family and loved ones of a great Prime Minister. France stands alongside the Japanese people.
09:45 : Emmanuel Macron reacts to the attack “odious” of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “France stands alongside the Japanese people”assures the French president.
09:30 : It is 9 a.m., we take stock of this busy start to the morning:
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in “a very serious condition” after being the victim of a gun attack while attending a political event in western Japan. A suspect has been arrested. Follow our live.
#COVID_19 The Minister of Health, François Braun, asks the French “to put the masks on the trains, on the buses, in all the places where we are a little on top of each other”“for this day of great departures on vacation”.
#FIRE The fire is fixed but “it is not circumscribed, the edges remain active”write the firefighters of Gard, about the Bordezac fire, in which 620 hectares have already been destroyed. Thirteen firefighters were injured.
#GRENOBLE A 24-year-old man who was riding a scooter with an armed passenger was killed yesterday by police in Grenoble. Two investigations are open, the first on the facts of “attempted murder of a person holding public authority” and the second on the facts of “fatal blows”, entrusted to the IGPN.
08:33 : Liberal Democratic Party General Secretary Yoshio Ogita was standing next to Shinzo Abe when the latter was shot. He heard two loud noises and saw a plume of white smoke rising skyward. “I didn’t know what happened”he told the New York Times (in English). “I saw him collapse.”
08:27 : After being shot, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed and was bleeding from the neck, a source from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party told Japanese news agency Jiji.
08:26 : “The first shot sounded like a toy. It didn’t drop and there was a big bang. The second shot was more visible, you could see the spark and some smoke”tells the NHK television channel a young woman who was present at the political event in which Shinzo Abe participated, whenhe was hit by a shot. “After the second shot, people surrounded him and gave him a cardiac massage”she testified again.
08:16 : Statements by heads of state continue after the shooting attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says to himself “dismayed and saddened” after this attack “abject”. The President of the European Council Charles Michel is himself “shocked and saddened by the cowardly attack”.
08:10 : Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida “pray for survival” of Shinzo Abe, who was shot and killed while giving a speech at a political event in the Nara region of western Japan.
08:03 : Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in “a very serious condition” after being attacked with a gun, according to the current Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida.
08:04 : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says to himself “deeply upset” by the shooting attack against Shinzo Abedescribing the former Japanese Prime Minister as a “dear friend”. “Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family and the people of Japan.”
07:26 : The French Embassy learned with emotion and consternation of the heinous attack of which former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the victim in Nara. At this dramatic moment, all his thoughts are with Shinzo Abe, his family and loved ones. https://t.co/g87C3Cd50J
07:26 : The French Embassy learned “with emotion and dismay the heinous attack” of which the former Japanese Prime Minister was the victim, reacts the latter on Twitter. “At this dramatic time, all her thoughts are with Shinzo Abe, his family and loved ones.”
07:23 : The United States is “deeply concerned” by the shooting attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “It’s a very, very sad moment”he added from the G20 in Bali.
07:18 : A bit of background on the shooting attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: Japan has one of the strictest gun control laws in the world. Obtaining a gun license is a long and complicated process, even for Japanese citizens, who must first obtain a recommendation from a shooting association and then undergo strict police checks.
06:31 : Here are some photos of the political event Shinzo Abe was attending this morning in Nara, Japan, before he was shot, and what followed.
(Kazuhiko Hirano/Yomiuri/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)
06:22 : Japan’s secretary general confirms that a suspect has been arrested after the shooting attack on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
06:13 : According to Japanese media, which announced the attack on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a man was arrested for attempted murder and a weapon was seized. Contacted by AFP, the local police did not immediately confirm this information.
06:06 : Shinzo Abe is Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. He was in office in 2006 for one year, then again from 2012 to 2020. 
(Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
06:05 : The American ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, said to himself “sad and shocked” by the shooting attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “Abe-san was an outstanding leader of Japan and a staunch ally of the United States. The American government and people pray for the well-being of Abe-san, his family, and the people of Japan.”he wrote in a press release.
06:03 : Here is a first point on the news:
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and seriously injured during a speech in the Nara region, in the west of the country, the government confirms, after revelations from several Japanese media. He was taken to hospital and his condition is unknown at this time.
The race to succeed Boris Johnson is launched within the British Conservative Party, the day after the Prime Minister’s resignation from the head of his party. MP Tom Tugendhat,was the first to officially launch. Franceinfo explains how will be designated his or her successor.
#FIRE About 700 hectares were destroyed by the flames in the “mega fire” of Bordezac, in the Gard, according to the assessment made at 5:30 a.m. by the department’s firefighters. Some 900 firefighters were mobilized. Yesterday was marked by multiple fires in the region, fueled by “extreme weather conditions”.
Vladimir Putin challenged Westerners yesterday, saying Russia had no “not started the serious things yet” in Ukraine. The Russian army is stepping up its bombardments on the towns that it still eludes in the Donbass.