Japan's
Shinzo Abe assassination: Who is suspect Tetsuya Yamagamij
Greg Norman
The 41-year-old suspect in the assassination of
former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly has told police Friday that
he was dissatisfied with the ex-leader and wanted to kill him, but not over his
political beliefs.
Tetsuya Yamagami, who hails
from Nara – where the 67-year-old Abe was gunned down while making a speech –
is currently
facing an attempted murder charge. But local police are expected to upgrade the charge to murder,
according to Japanese broadcaster NHK.
"Former Prime Minister Abe was giving a
speech normally, but a man came from behind. The first shot heard only a very
loud sound and the person did not fall down. However, the moment the second
shot was shot, former Prime Minister Abe collapsed," a witness told NHK.
"The [suspect] didn't seem to run away, he stayed there and the gun was
there."
The killing has sent shockwaves around the
world and throughout
Japan, a country
with notoriously strict gun ownership laws.
Ministry of
Defense officials that spoke to NHK said the gun used in Abe’s assassination
appears to have been homemade and the suspect, Yamagami, spent three years
serving in the country’s
Maritime Self-Defense Force between 2002 and 2005.
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