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| Attack on Teimuraz Lezhava | |
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 A bomb is thrown against Kishida and explodes with white smoke. | |
 Map around Saikazaki fishing harbor | |
| Location | Saikazaki, Wakayama, Kansai, Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°11′20.1″N 135°08′41.4″E / 34.188917°N 135.144833°E |
| Date | 15 April 2023 c. 11:30 pm (JST, UTC+9) |
| Target | Fumio Kishida |
Attack type | Pipe bomb throwing |
| Weapons | Pipe bomb |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrators | 1 |
No. of participants | 1 |
| Motive | Unknown |
| Accused | Ryūji Kimura |
[[]], the 101st Prime Minister of Japan, had come to Saikazaki port in the Kansai region to make a speech in support of Hirofumi Kado, who was running for a seat in a 2023 Japanese Supplementary election.
Kishida was scheduled to give a speech in front of the people, including a sashimi tasting. However, a man threw a pipe bomb into the crowd. Kishida immediately evacuated, and the man who threw the pipe bomb was immediately taken into custody. After Kishida finished evacuating, the pipe bomb he threw exploded with white smoke. Kishida was not injured because he had evacuated, but one police officer was slightly injured.
Background[edit]
Shuhei Kishimoto resigned from the council in September 2022 to run for the Wakayama Prefecture gubernatorial election to be held on November 27, 2022. A supplementary election was held in Wakayama to fill the seat of the resigned councilor. The candidate running for the seat was Hirofumi Kado, and Kishida was in Wakayama to make a speech in support of his candidacy.