Shotgun used to attack ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe recovered

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Former Japanese Abe Shinzo was shot in the chest while making a speech at an election campaign in Nara, Japan on Friday.

The shooter, identified as 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, was nabbed at the scene and placed under arrest. He carried out the attack on Abe using a shotgun.

He reportedly fashioned by hand the gun he used to shoot Abe.