Moment Japanese ex-PM is shot 'with homemade gun' before attacker tackled
The suspect has been named as Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, from Nara.
Fumio Kishida, Abe's replacement as prime minister, was rushed to his office by helicopter for emergency talks with officials.after being gunned down in a violent assassination The motive is so far unknown, although conflicting local reports say the suspect has confessed to shooting Abe as he was 'dissatisfied' with his policiesAddressing the media earlier, he describing the shooting as a "heinous act".Abe was giving a speech at a campaign event ahead of Sunday’s election for the parliament’s upper house when the shots rang out.
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