Shinzo Abe, former Japan prime minister, shot during speech – report
www.theguardian.com
Former PM collapses after gunshots reportedly heard while he spoke in the city of Nara

I don't have any commentary, just... interesting. Maybe ideologically motivated, but Japan's left hasn't done anything like this in a while afaik.

If there's some context I'm missing here please let me know, I've been out of the loop on Japanese politics for a while now.