Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of killing Shinzo Abe, believed the former Japanese Prime Minister was linked to a religious group that he blamed for breaking up his family.
said Yamagami believed Abe was tied to a “specific organization” but did not describe its religious nature. The group has not been named.
Police also revealed that Yamagami, an unemployed former member of the Japanese Maritime Self-defense Force, spent months planning the attack, and hit up other locations where Abe campaigned, including the city of Okayama more than 120 miles from Nara on Thursday. He told police that he had not targeted the politician because he disagreed with his politics.Nara Shimbun/Kyodo News via AP
Yamagami reportedly believed that Abe was the leader of an unnamed religious group that broke up his family and bankrupted his mother.Yamagami had considered a bomb attack before opting for a gun, according to public broadcaster NHK. In a search of his home Friday, police found items believed to be explosives and homemade guns, including ones similar to the weapon used in the attack, according to Kyodo news..Saturday as the country continued to receive condolences from leaders around the world.
The country’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, is an Abe protege and paid homage to the fallen leader at his home on Saturday.
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