Japan's former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the Western city of Nara.
Public broadcaster, NHK reports a sound like a gunshot was heard at the time and a male suspect was detained at the scene.
An NHK reporter on the scene says they could hear two consecutive bangs during Abe's speech.
A suspect has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and a gun has been retrieved.
Source: Reuters
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