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Former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe is in “serious condition” after being shot at a campaign event in the city of Nara on Friday, says Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kishida condemned the attack “in the strongest terms” after cutting short an election campaign appearance in the northern prefecture of Yamagata and returning by helicopter to his official residence in Tokyo. The motive for the attack was not yet known, Kishida said. According to media reports, Abe was shot twice in the street by a former member of the Japanese Self-Defence Forces while giving an election campaign speech in the city …