Yamagami, who was arrested at the scene of the attack and did not resist, was an officer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces and was decommissioned a few years ago. He is currently unemployed.
The attacker, a native of Nara, the city where Shinzo Abe was participating in an election campaign event, used a homemade weapon and attacked the politician from behind. shot at least twiceaccording to witnesses.
According to the public broadcaster NHK, the police searched his house after arresting him.
In his statement to the police, Tetsuya Yamagami stated that he was “dissatisfied” with the former prime minister of Japan and that is why “he went to kill him”, according to police sources quoted by the local press.
Shinzo Abe died at Nara hospital, where he was airlifted out and admitted in cardiac arrest.
His crime not only shocked Japan, which is holding elections for the upper house on Sunday, but also generated a storm of condemnation at the international level.
Shinzo Abe shaped Japanese politics and economy for years, being the politician who held the position of prime minister the longest: eight years.
Source: Ambito
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