Tokyo, July 8: Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed and was bleeding after apparently being shot during a campaign speech in western Japan, NHK public television said Friday. NHK says Abe was bleeding when he collapsed and was rushed to a hospital.

Witnesses reported hearing gunshots in the apparent attack in Nara. Shinzo Abe, Former Japan PM, Shot at in City of Nara: Reports.

He was standing while making an election campaign speech ahead of Sunday's election for the parliament's upper house.

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