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A suspect who assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Abe has appeared for the first time since his arrest.

It is said that he generally had a calm expression on his face.


He stated in more detail the reason for the crime

by mentioning a religious group .



By Park Ha-jung, staff reporter.



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After two days of police investigation, the suspect, 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, appeared after being transferred to the prosecution.



He looked around for a moment, but generally had a calm expression.



During her police investigation, Yamagami is known to have stated that her mother, a member of a certain religion, donated a lot of money and thought she should be punished by going bankrupt.



It is said that former Prime Minister Abe, who sent a video message to the religious group, believed that he had spread this religion in Japan and made it the target of the crime.



The homemade gun made by Yamagami was fixed by tying two metal tubes, and it was confirmed that it fired six bullets from one tube once fired.



Several holes that looked like bullets were also found in the election campaign car parked on the roadside 20 meters in front of former Prime Minister Abe.



[Nakanishi Kazuhiro/Nara Prefectural Police Agency Criminal Division: The size of the gun is approximately 40cm in width and 20cm in height.]



Point out that there is a hole in the guard continues.



After the first gunshot sounded and former Prime Minister Abe turned around, there was about 3 seconds of time until the second shot was fired, but there were no protective measures such as covering up or making him bow down. no see.



[Tomoaki Onizuka / Nara Prefectural Police Headquarters: It is difficult to deny that there was a problem with security and security.

We will come up with appropriate countermeasures.]



The police officers who were on-site security at the time of the attack stated, "I recognized the suspicious person for the first time only after the first gunshot was heard," local media reported.



(Video coverage: Han Cheol-min, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)