米AP通信はNHKの報道として事件発生から37分後の午後12時2分、「Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apparently was shot at and collapsed during a campaign speech(安部元首相が選挙演説中に撃たれて倒れる」という第一報を東京発のニュースとして打電。その1分後には英ロイター通信も同様の緊急電を配信した。
BREAKING: Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot during speech, showing 'no vital signs'
ormer Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in the chest while giving a speech in Japan’s Nara and is showing no vital signs after being attacked from behind.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly shot during campaign speech
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