Former Japanese PM Shot Killed, Perpetrator Claims Revenge With Shinzo Abe

NARA, KOMPAS.com – The culprit who made Shinzo Abe former Japanese PM shot dead confessing revenge with the politician.

Police on Friday (8/7/2022) said the perpetrator admitted to deliberately targeting Shinzo Abe because he held a grudge against an organization he believed was linked to the former Japanese prime minister.

“The suspect stated that he held a grudge against a certain organization, and he committed the crime because he believed former prime minister Abe had ties to it,” a senior police officer in Japan’s Nara region told reporters. AFP.

However, he declined to provide further details.

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Shinzo Abe former Japanese PM shot at 11.30 local time while giving a speech in the city of Nara, near Yamato-Saidaiji Station Friday (8/7/2022).

Quoted from NHK, the perpetrator named Tetsuya Yamagami (41) who lives in the city of Nara. He was charged with attempted murder.

As for Tetsuya Yamagami’s motive for shooting Shinzo Abe, he was dissatisfied with the former Japanese prime minister and wanted to kill him.

The motive was revealed by the perpetrator during interrogation by the police. Tetsuya is currently being held at the Nara Nishi police station.

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A Japanese Ministry of Defense official said the weapons used by the perpetrators appeared to be handmade. The perpetrator had worked for the Maritime Self-Defense Force for three years until around 2005.

Quoted from the news agency AFPthe Maritime Self-Defense Force is part of the Japanese Navy.

After the former Japanese prime minister was shot, Shinzo Abe was rushed to the hospital at 11:54 a.m. and was immediately treated by doctors. Shinzo Abe died on Friday afternoon.

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