Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacts on attack on Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest serving premier. PM Modi condemned attack on Shinzo Abe. Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech in Nara city.
Notably it is being said that he has suffered from a cardiac arrest after the attack.
Shinzo Abe served as Japan’s PM for about eight years.
It is worth mentioning that PM Modi had often addressed him as a “dear friend” during his tenure.
“Deeply distressed by the attack on my dear friend Abe Shinzo. Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family, and the people of Japan,” PM Modi tweeted on Friday.
In year 2020, PM Modi “…You were the first friend of India who congratulated me, on phone. I also express my gratitude for the warm welcome you and Japan Government have accorded to us,” he had said during a visit to Japan for the G20 summit. He had visited the country to meet Abe in 2018 too.
PM Modi said – Deeply distressed by the attack on my dear friend Abe Shinzo. Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family, and the people of Japan.
“He was giving a speech and a man came from behind,” a young woman at the scene told NHK, news agency AFP reported.
Other countries have reacted over the attack on Abe. “Shocking news from Japan that former PM Shinzo Abe has been shot – our thoughts are with his family and the people of Japan at this time,” Australian PM Athony Albanese tweeted.
The United States is “saddened and shocked” by the shooting of Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. ambassador Rahm Emanuel said on Friday.
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