In an incident in which former Prime Minister Abe was shot and killed while giving a speech in Nara City, it is believed that the suspect tried to attack the former Prime Minister while giving a campaign speech in Okayama City the day before with a homemade gun. I learned this from interviews with people involved.
In the actual shooting, a small hand-made gun was used, and police are investigating the possibility that the gun was selected to make it easier to attack.
Police arrested Tetsuya Yamagami (41), an unemployed resident of Nara, on suspicion of murder in connection with the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while giving a speech in Nara on the 8th of last month. I'm here.
A psychiatric evaluation is currently underway to determine the suspect's criminal capacity.
According to the investigation so far, it is known that Yamagami had visited Okayama City, where former Prime Minister Abe was campaigning the day before the incident, and said, "I was thinking of killing the former Prime Minister, but the entrance I thought it was difficult when I saw that the admission procedure was being carried out at the airport,” he said.
Investigators later found out that he was believed to have attempted to attack the former prime minister with a homemade gun at this time.
According to the police, so far, in addition to the homemade gun about 40 cm long and about 20 cm high used in the incident, at least five other homemade guns with similar structures have been retrieved from the suspect's home. is being confiscated.
In the actual shooting, a small hand-made gun was used, and police are investigating the possibility that the gun was selected to make it easier to attack.