HE japanese prime ministerFumio Kishida released registering this saturday burst While visiting the port of Saikazaki in Wakayama city (western Japan) and President without injury in the event
The alleged explosion occurred around 11:30 am local time (4:30 am on Saturday, Spanish peninsula time) while the president was working. was getting ready to give a speech where he was immediately removed from the area by the security forces.
Authorities The alleged perpetrator was arrested at the scene The launch of what several eyewitnesses described as a cylindrical object detonating similar to a smoke bomb, according to local media reports.
The President was in port to deliver a speech of support. election campaign When one of the candidates of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) party, the suspect, threw a suspected explosive into the area. Footage taken by NHK at the scene shows five police officers immobilizing the alleged perpetrator on the ground and others fleeing the area screaming.
The president’s agenda, which may be influenced by what happened this Saturday, included a speech in Wakayama, as well as a morning speech in front of the train station in that city, and finally a speech in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo.
This political speeches on the street are frequent in Japan, a country with a very low crime rate, despite being a former Japanese president last July Shinzo Abe shot dead in the back With a homemade firearm while giving an election speech in the city of Nara.