Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed from a public event after what appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown.
Video footage has shown the moments of the arrest of a man suspected of throwing what appeared to be a smoke bomb at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday.
Witnesses said an object was thrown towards Kishida before he was due to give a speech at the Saikazaki fishing port in Wakayama, southwest of Tokyo, where he was supporting his ruling party’s candidate for a lower house by-election.
There was smoke and a bang and video, which can be seen here, shows police officers jumping on top of what is believed to be the suspect, who has been named by investigators as Ryuji Kimura, 24, of Kawanishi City, Hyogo Prefecture, according to Japan Today.
Kishida was unhurt but there is nervousness of security around Japanese politicians with the incident coming less than a year after the former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was fatally shot during election campaigning.
