In response to an investigation by a suspect who was arrested in a case where former Prime Minister Abe was shot dead during a speech, he said that he was giving a speech in Nara prefecture last month. It was found in an interview with the investigators that he made a statement to the effect that he was.
Police are investigating the details, assuming that it may not have been decided to attack earlier this month.
Former Prime Minister Abe, who was giving a speech in Nara City, was shot dead on the 8th of this month, and police arrested an unemployed Tetsuya Yamagami (41) who lives in Nara City on suspicion of murder. I'm investigating.
In response to the investigation so far, it is known that Yamagami stated, "I had a grudge against a specific religious group, and I thought that former Prime Minister Abe had a close relationship with this group, so I aimed at it."
In response to the subsequent investigation, the suspect made a statement to the effect that former Prime Minister Abe had made a speech in Nara Prefecture on the 28th of last month, saying, "I didn't intend to do it at that time." , I found out by interviewing the investigators.
It is known that the suspect had tried shooting a gun at a facility in Nara City, a religious group, the day before the incident, and also visited the former Prime Minister's Okayama tournament venue, but according to investigators, No evidence of an attempt to approach the former Prime Minister before that has been confirmed so far.
In addition, the suspect said, "I have been aiming for the president of a religious group for a long time, but since I will not come to Japan due to the influence of the new corona, I thought that I could not do it forever, so I decided to target former Prime Minister Abe. It means that he has stated.
As a result, police officials are investigating the details, assuming that the suspect may have decided to attack earlier this month.