Claim: Japan's ex-PM Abe answered a phone call while he was being transported to hospital in an ambulance after he was shot in Nara on July 8.
Fact-check: False: Japan's ex-PM Abe did not 'answer a phone call' in ambulance | annie lab
Verdict: false. the misleading social media posts in chinese appear to stem from inaccurate translations of a local news report that said he was "responsive" at the time.
Organisation: annie lab
Author: Priscilla Chan 陳琬琳
Date published: 2022-07-21T09:02:07