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Comment by DerekL | Hacker News Reader

The title doesn't match that of the article, “Former Japan PM Abe Unconscious After Shooting; Man in Custody”. The word assassinated is incorrect, because that means that he was killed. (Maybe he is dead, but the article doesn't say that.)

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We've changed the title now. Submitted title was "Japan’s Ex-PM Abe assassinated during speech".

"Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."

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WaPo claims that "NHK reported that the 67-year-old was showing no vital signs."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/07/japan-shinzo...

Still, not declared dead. It doesn't look hopeful, though.

If he has no vital signs at his age, he's dead. Very few people make it back from CPR, and if they do they're usually going to suffer serious consequences for the rest of their life from it.

Maybe it is just misreported or miscommunicated so far. We'll probably know within a day.

The Japanese word 心肺停止 usually just mean he is not clinically dead, as only doctor can do that.

As numerous news services are reporting (e.g., the account I heard a minute ago on BBC World Service, also The Guardian, BBC's website, NY Times), as well as numerous comments in this thread, it's noted that "cardiac arrest" is often used to describe a patient/victim who has not yet been officially declared dead, but would be very likely to not be in a recoverable condition.

It's a very grave state in any event.

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