Japanese media including NHK are reporting on Friday that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (67) is in serious condition after being shot while giving a speech in the city of Nara on Friday.
Update: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot on Friday.
Current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters he “[condemned] the act in the strongest possible terms.”
NHK reports that Yamagami was a former member of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force for three years until 2005.