Japan PM evacuated after blast during speech in Wakayama

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated safely after a blast was heard, just before he began a stump speech in the city of Wakayama on Saturday.

The prime minister is safe, and a person was detained at the scene at a port in Wakayama in western Japan, national broadcaster NHK and other media said.

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A pipe-like object was thrown near Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an outdoor speech in the city of Wakayama on April 15, reports Reuters, quoting Japanese media.

According to news agency AFP, there was no immediate official confirmation of the incident, with local police declining to comment.

NHK showed footage of security and police detaining an individual as a crowd scattered at the scene.

Japan has stepped up security after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot and killed while speaking at a campaign event in July 2022.

The incident comes as Japan hosts G7 ministerial events in northern Sapporo and the city of Karuizawa in Nagano, and ahead of the May leaders’ summit in Hiroshima.

with agency inputs

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