A reporter present at the scene said the suspect assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was just a few meters away and was not blocked.

Reporter Kazuhiko Hirano from Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper is one of the people present to report on the meeting of the voters of former Prime Minister Abe before Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Province, July 8, to call for call

According to the reporter, former Prime Minister Abe arrived at 11:20 am, about 10 minutes after the candidate he campaigned to support his speech.

A man is said to be suspect Tetsuya Yamagami (gray shirt, mask) standing behind former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when he went to the podium on July 8.

The former Japanese Prime Minister stepped onto the podium at 11h29.

When he started speaking, a man was said to be the suspect Tetsuya Yamagami appeared on the sidewalk behind former Prime Minister Abe about 15 m, carrying a black bag and wearing a gray short -sleeved shirt.

The video by a person present at the scene shows the suspect clapping when Mr. Abe stepped onto the podium.

About two minutes later, the man walked on the road and was seen behind the former Prime Minister Abe about 7 to 8 m, holding a black object.

While Mr. Abe was speaking, a loud explosion was like a fireworks emitted, white smoke rising.

At first, I did not understand what was going on, but when I was determined to be, Mr. Abe was no longer standing on the podium, Hirano recalled.

The former Japanese prime minister lies on the ground, blood absorbed into the shirt.

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While everyone was in artificial respiration for Mr. Abe, the suspect Yamagami was controlled by security guards on the ground in a nearby street.

Yamagami did not resist.