TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed from the scene of a campaign speech in western Wakayama city on Saturday (Apr 15) after a suspect threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb. A loud explosion was heard, but the prime minister took cover while police subdued a man at the scene,
TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed from the scene of a campaign speech in western Wakayama city on Saturday after a suspect threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb.
Kishida was in Wakayama to deliver remarks in support of a ruling party candidate and had just finished sampling fish at a port when a disturbance rippled through the crowd gathered to hear him speak. A cylinder-shaped object, believed to have been thrown during Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's campaign, is seen on the ground in Wakayama on Apr 15, 2023.
Residents try to flee after what appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown at a port in Wakayama, western Japan Saturday, Apr 15, 2023.
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