Ex Japanese Prime Minister Abe has been shot, taken to hospital

Earlier post:

• Japan media reports there have been shots fired in the vicinity of ex-PM Abe

More from the reports (still sketchy at this stage)

• shot in the chest
• bleeding
• some reports say bleeding from the neck
• taken to hospital
• some reports say Abe was taken to hospital unconscious
• attacker has been apprehended

Abe was giving a speech in Nara, Japan, when he was shot.