Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is unhurt after an apparent smoke bomb was thrown at him while he was preparing to give a speech in central Japan on Saturday.
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is unhurt after an apparent smoke bomb was thrown at him while he was preparing to give a speech at a port in central Japan on Saturday.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was visiting a port in Wakayama in central Japan when an apparent smoke bomb was thrown at him.Footage from national broadcaster NHK showed images of people screaming and fleeing the scene after there was a loud explosion and white smoke at 11.40am local time on Saturday.
Witnesses said a man threw a tube-shaped object at the podium where the prime minister was preparing to address the crowd. Mr Kishida was unhurt and was taken to a nearby police station, news agency Kyodo reported. Mr Kishida was visiting a port in Wakayama, near Osaka in central Japan where he was campaigning for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate running in Lower House by-election.
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