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While Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was speaking, an explosion could be heard, causing a stampede to break out.
According to reports, an unknown person threw what is being described as a smoke bomb—something resembling a pipe—near the Prime Minister.
Regional media According to reports, the Japanese prime minister was saved after being rescued from the port following the sound of an explosion in the city of Wakayama.
Foreign media reports that the perpetrator of the smoke bomb attack on the prime minister has been detained and that an investigation has been launched right away.
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