He wanted to kill the head of a religious group that he somehow believed to be connected to Shinzo Abe, but he shot the former Japanese premier to death . This is what emerges from the first interrogations of Tetsuya Yamagami , the 41-year-old arrested for the attack that took place yesterday in the prefecture of Nara. The man reported that his mother was part of the religious organization and had donated a lot of money, causing serious economic problems for the family.
About 90 investigators are available to follow the investigation, while the whole nation is still in shock. Yamagami, the police added, had a strong resentment for a non-specific religious organization but ruled out that he was against the political ideology of the former prime minister.
The night before he went into action, he found out on the internet that Abe was coming for a rally in the town , and decided to go there by train. The handcrafted firearm used for the attack was 40 centimeters long and easily concealable at an electoral rally in Japan, comparable to a food festival in terms of safety, and was part of a collection of explosives and other types of weapons found in the his home.
In these hours the car with the coffin of the former Japanese premier arrived in Tokyo: the long vehicle had left from the hospital in Kashihara, in Nara. The autopsy has already been carried out.
(Unioneonline / ss)
