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It’s been nearly a year since Tetsuya Yamagami allegedly opened fire on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun, killing the country’s longest serving leader and shocking a nation to...
Jul 9, 2022 · Police in Japan have launched a murder investigation into the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe – but little is known about the suspect who was arrested at...
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Tetsuya Yamagami (Japanese: 山上 徹也, Hepburn: Yamagami Tetsuya, born 10 September 1980) is a Japanese man who has admitted to assassinating Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, on 8 July 2022. A resident of Nara, he was arrested at the scene of the assassination.
Jul 9, 2022 · Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, admitted to shooting Abe, police said. Yamagami, who is unemployed, told investigators he holds hatred toward a certain group that he thought Abe was linked to.
Jul 15, 2022 · Tetsuya Yamagami told investigators he made his mind up in early July to go ahead with his plan to kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe because he was quickly running out of money and expected...
Jul 8, 2022 · 41-year-old is believed to be a former member of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, the country's navy. Tetsuya Yamagami is detained at the scene of the attack on Shinzo Abe in Nara,...
Jan 13, 2023 · Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a homemade gun as the former leader was making a campaign speech in July outside a train station in Nara in western...
