A suspect arrested in the murder case of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has confessed to the crime, a senior police officer from the Nara region, western Japan, told the drama on Friday.
His alleged assailant, 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, a former member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (Japanese Army), said he was “unhappy with the former president” so he “went to kill him,” according to police sources. local media.
“The suspect stated that he had a grudge against a certain organization, and confessed to the crime, because he believed that (…) Abe was involved with her,” the police officer said, declining to provide details.
Earlier, the police indicated that the alleged killer Abe He was 41 years old unemployed. Tetsuya Yamagami, who claimed to have used homemade weapons.
“This is a statement from a suspect, and we have determined that (the weapon) is clearly man-made, although our analysis is ongoing,” a Nara police officer told reporters.
The attack on the country’s most famous 67-year-old politician occurred during an open-air rally dedicated to Sunday’s senator elections. Japan has strict laws against gun ownership. (AFP)
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Source: RPP
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