Shinzo Abe suspected killer Tetsuya Yamagami believed ex-PM was linked to religious group

The person accused of gunning down Shinzo Abe believed the previous Japanese prime minister was linked to a non secular group he blamed for breaking apart his household and inflicting his mom’s chapter, police stated.

Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, instructed police his unique intention was to assault the chief of the group — which authorities declined to call, The Guardian reported.

“My mom acquired wrapped up in a non secular group and I resented it,” the Kyodo information company and different media quoted him as telling police.

Alleged Shinzo Abe murderer Tetsuya Yamagami believed the previous Japanese Prime Minister was linked to a non secular group, in keeping with police.

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Japan’s longest serving prime minister was killed Friday throughout a marketing campaign cease close to a prepare station within the western metropolis of Nara. Yamagami was arrested on the scene, wielding a home made gun.

Preliminary reviews stated Yamagami believed Abe was tied to a “particular group” however didn't describe its spiritual nature. The group has not been named.

Police additionally revealed that Yamagami, an unemployed former member of the Japanese Maritime Self-defense Pressure, spent months planning the assault, and hit up different places the place Abe campaigned, together with town of Okayama greater than 120 miles from Nara on Thursday. He instructed police that he had not focused the politician as a result of he disagreed together with his politics.

Yamagami allegedly shot and killed Abe with a home made gun in Nara, Japan on July 8, 2022.

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Yamagami reportedly believed that Abe was the chief of an unnamed spiritual group that broke up his household and bankrupted his mom.

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Yamagami had thought of a bomb assault earlier than choosing a gun, in keeping with public broadcaster NHK. In a search of his residence Friday, police discovered objects believed to be explosives and home made weapons, together with ones just like the weapon used within the assault, in keeping with Kyodo information..

Abe’s physique returned to his residence in Tokyo Saturday because the nation continued to obtain condolences from leaders around the globe. Elections to the nation’s higher home stay scheduled for Sunday, with Abe’s Liberal Democratic Get together anticipated to do nicely.

The nation’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, is an Abe protege and paid homage to the fallen chief at his residence on Saturday.

With Publish Wires