Last year, the Gifu District Public Prosecutor's Office accused the 19-year-old of the Ground Self-Defense Force in an incident in which three members were shot with a rifle during live-fire training at a Ground Self-Defense Force firing range in Gifu City, killing two and seriously injuring one. A former Self-Defense Forces candidate was indicted on charges including robbery and murder, and his name was revealed.
The person indicted was Naomori Watanabe (19), who was 18 years old and a Self-Defense Forces candidate at the time.
According to the indictment, in June last year, during live-fire training at the Ground Self-Defense Force's firing range in Gifu City, Yashiro fired a rifle he had with him, intending to steal ammunition that was in the possession of the ammunition staff. He was charged with robbery and murder for killing Sergeant 3rd Class Kosuke (25) and Sergeant 1st Class Kikumatsu Yasuchika (52), an ammunition worker, and seriously injuring another 3rd Class Sergeant in charge of ammunition. is being asked.
Prosecutors say the motive was to shoot someone with the stolen ammunition.
This month, the Gifu Family Court decided to send the case back to the public prosecutor's office, calling it ``a cruel crime with no regard for the importance of human life.'' The Gifu District Public Prosecutors Office said it could pursue criminal liability based on the results of a psychiatric evaluation by an expert. After making a judgment, the charges were filed on the 28th.
The prosecutor's office has not announced whether he admitted or denied the charges.
According to people involved, the former candidate denied having any murderous intent towards the three people in response to initial investigation.
Under the revised Juvenile Law that went into effect in 2022, if ``specified juveniles'' who were 18 and 19 years old at the time of the incident are formally indicted, their real names can be reported, and prosecutors are required to ``determine the seriousness of the case and the local community. The name of the person was revealed at this time.
The defendant will now face a criminal trial in open court.
NHK comprehensively considered the seriousness and malicious nature of this incident, as well as the impact it had on society, and decided to report on it using real names.
Defendant's father: ``I feel really sorry''
The defendant's father spoke through a support group that supports the families of crime perpetrators, saying, ``I feel truly sorry for the victims and their families every day.''I joined the Self-Defense Forces with hopes and dreams, and I wonder why my son committed the crime. I just want to know the truth.''