Shinzo Abe UPDATE: Attacker planned this incident in 2019, tweeted his thoughts | ABP News

Shinzo Abe was attacked by a man from behind while he was making a stump speech on a street in Nara on Friday. The Police seized the man who attacked Abe at around 11.30 am. The suspect is said to be a 41-year-old man named Yamagami Tetsuya, who is a former Maritime Self-Defense Force member. He had Tweeted his thoughts on Shinzo Abe in 2019 when Abe was the Prime Minister of Japan.

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