Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated today, Saturday after an apparent smoke or pipe bomb was thrown at the venue where he was just about to begin a stump speech in the city of Wakayama, followed by a loud explosion. He was later confirmed to be safe, NHK reported.
Video footage showed people who had gathered at the scene running for shelter, while a man was subdued by several others who appeared to be police officers at the scene. A Twitter post also showed that people were escaping from the scene.
Kishida, who was in the city for a speech to support a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for a by-election planned for later this month, left the scene unhurt after the incident, which took place as he was speaking with a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The incident comes nine months after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot with a homemade weapon while campaigning for the LDP in July in Nara Prefecture.
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