notre dame cathedral as restoration continues, four years since a fire destroyed significant parts of the world heritage landmark. hello, i m lucy gray. the man arrested on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb at japan s prime minister fumio kishida has been identified by the authorities as 24 year old ryuji kimura. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. pm kishida made a speech in another location later, where he said the incident should not be allowed to disrupt the electoral process. the attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections and by elections for vacated seats injapan s lower house. our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo has been giving us the latest. very dramatic scenes coming this morning from wakayama in western japan. chaos among the crowd as a young man is being tackled and then pinned to the ground by security personnel. and then a screa
police injapan say a twenty four year old man has been arrested after he appeared to throw a smoke bomb at the japanese prime minister, fumio kishida. ryuji kimura was seized by security guards after an explosion at a local campaign event in wakayama city. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. after the incident pm kishida made a speech in another location. the attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections and by elections for vacated seats injapan s lower house. our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo has the latest. very dramatic scenes coming this morning from wakayama in western japan. chaos among the crowd as a young man is being tackled and then pinned to the ground by security personnel. and then a screaming crowd scrambling to leave the scene as a loud explosion is heard, and then smoke fills the air. the man is then being taken away from the s
zeldin. he was released just hours later. there is only one option. [shouting] the suspect climbs on the stage, rushes toward is zeldin and tries to hold him off. he was quickly tackled by others on stage. a witness describes the terrifying scene. went behind the stage and saw him as he began to approach congressman zeldin and so i stepped up onto the stage, saw the attacker try to get into zeldin s face and swing. i could see what looked like a razor, knife of some sort at the congressman. i tackled the attacker from the back and slammed him to the ground. thank goodness for that. team coverage. former assistant attorney andy mccarthy is standing by and first to david lee miller live from the new york city newsroom. this could have turned out a lot differently david lee. could have been a great deal worse. the man who allegedly attacked lee zeldin has been released without bail. just what zeldin predicted. he is running for governor of new york delivering a speech
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