Video footage showed people gathered at the scene running for shelter.
New Delhi:
japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida was fired Just before he was about to start his speech in Wakayama, a loud bang was heard.
According to Japanese media, a smoke or pipe bomb was thrown at the spot where he was about to begin his speech.
Video footage showed people gathered at the scene running for shelter while one man was subdued by several other people who appeared to be police officers at the scene.
Smoke bomb hurled at PM Kishida in Japan pic.twitter.com/dCnGGYh3Z2
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The incident came as the Group of Seven climate and energy ministers met in the northern city of Sapporo, and a day before G7 foreign ministers arrived in Karuizawa in Nagano for talks.
Japan will host the G7 leaders’ summit next month in Hiroshima.
The incident comes less than a year after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead on the July 2022 election campaign, which shocked the country and forced security for public officials.
Her alleged killer, Tetsuya Yamagami, allegedly targeted her because of her ties to the Unification Church, and the incident sparked revelations about links between the sect and political figures in Japan.