Japan’s prime minister evacuated after explosion – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

Kishida is safe and no one else is injured, while one person has been arrested. According to Reuters, the Japanese media Jiji writes that a tubular object was thrown at the prime minister while he was about to give a speech, and a loud explosion was heard. Kyodo writes that it was a smoke bomb that was thrown, and it did not appear that there were any injuries or material damage at the site. Television images show plainclothes and uniformed police surrounding and overpowering a man and taking him away. Japan has stepped up security around politicians after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead while giving a campaign speech in July 2022. A man who threw what appears to have been a smoke bomb while Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was speaking is being cared for by the police. Photo: AP



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