Video images from the scene showed the assailant fired at Abe with a device that had a pistol grip and seemingly two pipes covered in black electrical tape.
A police officer detains a man, believed to have shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Nara, western Japan July 8, 2022 (photo credit: THE ASAHI SHIMBUN/REUTERS)ByREUTERSUpdated: