location and said this should not disrupt the electoral process. translation: we are in the middle of an important election in our country, and together with you all, we have to carry on. violent attacks are extremely rare injapan. this is one of the safest countries in the world, with very strict gun laws. but the smoke bomb incident comes less than a year after the assassination of the former prime minister shinzo abe. since then, there has been heightened security around politicians, but also a heightened sense of nervousness. injuly last year, a young man stood very closely behind shinzo abe as he was speaking at a political event before shooting him with a home made gun. in today s attack, the assailant appeared to be in the middle of the crowd as he threw the suspected smoke bomb. you can see him here holding an unidentified metal device.
in today s attack, the assailant appeared to be in the middle of the crowd as he threw the suspected smoke bomb. you can see him here holding an unidentified metal device. mr kishida is safe and has continued the campaign trail events. but questions will be asked about why he was in such a vulnerable spot only a few months after his predecessor was assassinated. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, tokyo. earlier, i spoke to shihoko goto the asia program deputy director at the wilson center think tank. first of all, there is a collective sigh of relief there. not only is prime minister kishida safe, but all of those who are in this venue, they re all safe too. but at the same time, it does pose two questions. one is, what has the japanese security structure learnt from the assassination of prime minister abe less than a year ago?
fattah al burhan earlier this week, and the general gave assurances that they wouldn t go down the confrontation route, now we are there. more generals have been making both generals are we making both generals are we making promises and have reneged on them several times. many people in khartoum are setting this down, they want to see what happens at the end of the day. for them, there is complete opposition to any military rule again. complete opposition to any military rule aaain. ., ~ complete opposition to any military rule aaain. . ~ i. complete opposition to any military rule aaain. ., ~ ,, , complete opposition to any military rule aain. ., ~ , . a man has been arrested injapan after he appeared to throw a smoke bomb at the country s prime minister. the man was held by security guards after a loud explosion at a local campaign event in the city of wakayama, where fumio kishida was giving a speech. our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil has the details and a warning he
and we seize correspondent has more the prime minister wa unharmed after the attack today, southwest of the osaka authorities say a suspect is now in custody video from the scene showing the young man being tackled to the ground and the smoky aftermath of the explosion, no police have told japanese medi that the man threw an 8 to 1 inch metal pipe, possibly smoke bomb that landed near th prime minister and the exploded setting off widespread panic within the crowd no word yet about the motive but this is not the firs incidents of violence at a campaign event in japan. today s attack is bringing bac traumatic memories of former prime minister, shinzo abe, assassination just last year i japan. abe was fatally shot by handmade gun in a country that is normally known for extremel low rates of violence, and ver strict gun laws. in the wake of his assassination, japan stepped u security and made to current - growing safety threats to it