Former Prime Minister Abe was shot in Nara City, Tetsuya Yamagami, who is suspected of murder, has decided to follow up on suspicion of violating the Firearms and Swords Law by firing a homemade gun. This is what I learned from interviews with investigators.
In July last year, the police arrested Tetsuya Yamagami (42), an unemployed resident of Nara, who was shot and killed by a gun while ex-Prime Minister Abe was giving a speech in Nara. I'm here.
The police were conducting an appraisal of the homemade gun used in the shooting, but decided that it was a "handgun, etc." as stipulated by law.
At least five other handmade guns with similar structures were seized from his home, and the day before the shooting incident, the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Nara City, a building containing the facilities of the former Unification Church. He stated that he had test-fired toward the company, and it was confirmed that there was a bullet mark on the wall of the company next door.
According to investigative sources, the police are suspected of violating the Firearms and Swords Act by shooting former Prime Minister Abe and firing a gun into a building that houses the facilities of the former Unification Church, as well as by violating the Weapons Manufacturing Act in which the gun was manufactured. It means that the policy of conducting a follow-up inspection has been established.
Yamagami is currently in detention and undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, and the prosecution has determined that he has criminal responsibility, and plans to indict him for murder by the 13th of this month, which is the detention deadline.