According to police sources, Tetsuya Yamagami, the 41-year-old man who will always be known for shooting and killing Shinzo Abe, did not initially want to assassinate the former Japanese prime minister.
Yamagami said police he wanted to attack the leader of a religious group that he thought had taken advantage of his mother. Yamagami did not attempt to flee after shooting Abe twice at close range with a handmade shotgun.
Abe was attacked because Yamagami thought the two-time ex-PM had supported this organization domestically. Yamagami acknowledged going to other places where Abe spoke. Yamagami denied hitting Abe because of his political opinions, according to police sources who spoke to media.
Police visited Yamagami’s residence in Nara shortly after he was brought into custody on Friday and found explosives and handmade weapons inside. The suspect served for three years, until 2005, in his nation’s Maritime Self-Defense Force, according to the media.
Yamagami was unemployed when he launched his assault on Abe; according to the media, he left his job because he was “weary”.
While giving a campaign rally on Friday morning in Nara, western Japan, Shinzo Abe was shot. Abe was seen on the ground with blood on the left side of his chest soon after the incident.
As he was being transported to the Nara Medical University, he slipped into cardiac arrest and lost consciousness. There, medical staff battled for five hours to save his life before announcing his death. Abe received two shots to the upper left arm and neck.
Concerns have been raised regarding a possible security breach for Abe.
Fumio Kishida, the prime minister, was furious as he spoke to his country Friday night, calling Abe’s execution “barbaric.”
Abe’s body arrived in Tokyo early on Saturday.
His residence in the affluent Shibuya district was visited by a black hearse. Mourners stood by and bowed their heads as the funeral passed.
India has joined the rest of the globe in lamenting and expressing outrage over Shinzo Abe’s passing. On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi penned an emotive obituary entitled “My Friend, Abe San” and proclaimed Saturday to be a day of national mourning.
