Abe killer wielded homemade gun, grudge over mother's financial ruin, police say, Asia News – AsiaOne


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NARA, Japan - The man arrested for Shinzo Abe's killing believed the former Japanese leader was linked to a religious group he blamed for his mother's financial ruin and spent months planning the attack with a homemade gun, police told local media on Saturday (July 9). Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 41-year-old, was identified by police as the suspect who approached Japan's longest-serving prime minister from behind and opened fire, an attack that was captured on video and shocked a nation where gun violence is rare. Wiry and bespectacled with shaggy hair, the suspect was seen stepping into the road behind...