Japan's Shinzo Abe assassination: Who is suspect Tetsuya Yamagamij
Greg Norman
The 41-year-old suspect in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly has told police Friday that he was dissatisfied with the ex-leader and wanted to kill him, but not over his political beliefs.
Tetsuya Yamagami, who hails from Nara – where the 67-year-old Abe was gunned down while making a speech – is currently facing an attempted murder charge. But local police are expected to upgrade the charge to murder, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK.
"Former Prime Minister Abe was giving a speech normally, but a man came from behind. The first shot heard only a very loud sound and the person did not fall down. However, the moment the second shot was shot, former Prime Minister Abe collapsed," a witness told NHK. "The [suspect] didn't seem to run away, he stayed there and the gun was there."
The killing has sent shockwaves around the world and throughout Japan, a country with notoriously strict gun ownership laws.
Ministry of Defense officials that spoke to NHK said the gun used in Abe’s assassination appears to have been homemade and the suspect, Yamagami, spent three years serving in the country’s Maritime Self-Defense Force between 2002 and 2005.
© The Asahi Shimbun/via REUTERS A man believed to have shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is tackled by police officers in Nara, western Japan, on July 8. The Asahi Shimbun/via REUTERS
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