The doctors in charge of his care at the hospital believe that the cause of death was due to blood loss, they said in a press briefing.

A previous report by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency attached to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications stated that Abe sustained a gunshot wound and bleeding in the right cervical region, as well as internal bleeding in the chest.

Doctors said the injury was deep enough to reach his heart.

Abe was shot in the morning hours while he delivered a speech in support for his Liberal Democratic Party candidates near the Yamato Saidaiji Station ahead of Sunday’s elections.

The impact of the bullet caused him to go into cardiopulmonary arrest and he was taken by helicopter to the aforementioned health center, where he died.

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