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A powerful explosion was heard soon before the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began speaking in Wakayama, prompting an evacuation.
A smoke or pipe bomb was allegedly hurled at the location where he was due to start speaking, according to Japanese media.
The video showed those who had gathered at the area fleeing for cover as a man was restrained by a number of people who appeared to be police officers present.
Smoke bomb thrown at PM Kishida in Japan pic.twitter.com/dCnGGYh3Z2
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Next month in Hiroshima, Japan will host the G7 leaders’ summit.
The incident occurs less than a year after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally murdered while out campaigning in July 2022, a tragic event that rocked the nation and necessitated a security overhaul for public servants.
His claimed killer, Tetsuya Yamagami, apparently chose to kill him because of his affiliation with the Unification Church, and the incident led to information being made public concerning the relationship between the religion and influential people in Japanese politics.
