Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe shot, showing 'no vital signs'

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Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference in Buenos Aires on November 21, 2016. PHOTO | AFP

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been shot, a government spokesman said Friday, as local media reported the ex-premier was showing no vital signs.

"Former prime minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am," in the country's western region of Nara, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.