Minutes after Shinzo Abe was shot in the back while giving an election speech, a video showing the exact moment when the killer shot the former Japanese minister.

As can be seen in the footage, Abe, 67, was speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd. Then hear a strong explosion and smoke begins to flow from behind the platform mounted on the sidewalk. Then a second explosion throws the scene into chaos.

The recording agrees with the words of one of the witnesses, who stated before the press: “I was giving a speech and a man approached from behind. The first shot looked like a toy. He did not fall, but then a loud bang was heard. The second shot was more visible, you could see the explosion and the smoke “.

According to the Japanese television station NHK, police captured a 40-year-old man suspected of having shot the former Japanese official, who remained in power between December 2012 and September 2020, when he announced his resignation on health grounds.

After being hit by shots that would correspond to a rifle, he was treated on the spot and was quickly transferred to a nearby hospital, where he arrived by helicopter.

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