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It was revealed that the man in his 40s who killed former Japanese Prime Minister Abe visited a religious group the day before the incident and opened fire at a building.

It's the same group that her mother said she was obsessed with and donated a lot of money to, which led to her resentment.

As interest grew, the religious group held a press conference today (11th).



By Jung Young-tae, staff reporter.



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Japanese media are focusing on the testimony that the 41-year-old suspect Tetsuya Yamagami's mother donated a lot of money to a religious organization and went bankrupt in 2002, and Yamagami eventually had to drop out of college.



He said he had been complaining to his acquaintances from 20 years ago, saying, 'The house has become strange because of religion, there is nothing to eat'.



Yamagami is said to have also found the building of this religious group where she harbored her resentment the day before her assassination.



She said that on the 7th, she test-fired a home-made gun at this religious group building in Nara City, but it was so loud that she panicked and ran away.



The same gun that was used to assassinate former Prime Minister Abe was used, and residents around the building testified that they heard a loud burst similar to the sound of a gunshot around 4 am.



The religious group held a press conference today as attention was focused on it.



As the real name of the group was mentioned in some media, he explained the reason for the interview, saying that unidentified calls continued to come in.



It was confirmed that Yamagami's mother was a believer, but she kept quiet about the issue of donations.



[Tomihiro Tanaka/President of the religious group Japan: (Yamagami's mother) has been participating in the event about once a month, and we have never asked for or demanded donations.]



In Yamagami's house, A notebook filled with grudges and five priest guns were found.



She told the police that at first she tried to make bombs, but she gave up because she killed unrelated people. stated.



(Video editing: Park Soo-sun)