New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed shock at the attack on Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Former PM Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital after collapsing during a speech. According to local broadcaster NHK, Abe was campaigning on Friday in the city of Nara in western Japan when shots were heard in the vicinity. Kyodo News reports that a person has been arrested following the incident.

Shinzo Abe was airlifted to a hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials in Japan said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep distress at the attack on former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, who is in critical condition after being shot during a campaign speech on Friday in western Japan.

"Deeply distressed by the attack on my dear friend Abe Shinzo. Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family, and the people of Japan," Modi tweeted.

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