![]() ![]() The police said Yamagami, who came to the venue of the speech by train carrying a fabric bag, has confessed that he committed the crime as he has a grudge against a "specific organization" in the belief that it is linked with Abe. His home was later searched by the police, who found items that could be explosives and homemade guns, they said. "It's not a grudge against the political beliefs of former Prime Minister Abe," the Nara prefectural police quoted Yamagami as saying. The suspect was a member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force for about three years through August 2005, according to government sources. Tetsuya Yamagami, a resident of Nara, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder, the police said. and the wound was deep enough to reach his heart, adding that the cause of death is believed to be blood loss. (Kyodo)Ī doctor with the Nara Medical University Hospital later said at a press conference that Abe was pronounced dead at 5:03 p.m. Image from video footage shows former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivering a stump speech in Nara on July 8, 2022, shortly before he was shot by a gunman. ![]() Abe collapsed on the ground after two loud shots were heard and he was rushed to a hospital with blood seen on his white shirt. Japan's longest-serving leader was shot at close range by a 41-year-old man who approached him from behind, wielding a homemade gun, as he was speaking in front of Kintetsu Railway's Yamato-Saidaiji Station at around 11:30 a.m., local police said. NARA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one of Japan's most influential postwar leaders, died Friday at the age of 67 after being shot while delivering a stump speech in the western city of Nara two days ahead of a national election, stunning the world and drawing outrage against gun violence.
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