Testimony of the suspect who shot and killed Mr. Shinzo Abe with a gun: Due to dissatisfaction!

Public broadcaster NHK quoted a police source as saying that the suspect had told investigators that he was dissatisfied with former Prime Minister Abe and intended to kill the male politician. Police seized at the scene a firearm, which appeared to be handmade.

On the morning of July 8, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was taken to the hospital bleeding after collapsing while giving a speech to a crowd in Nara city, western Japan, NHK reported. According to NHK, a sound resembling a gunshot was heard at the time and a male suspect was arrested at the scene.

An NHK reporter at the scene said they heard two consecutive explosions while former Prime Minister Abe was speaking. The Jiji newspaper reported that Mr Abe was bleeding from his neck and lost consciousness shortly after the gunshots were heard.

According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Tokyo, on July 8, Tetsuya Yamagami - the suspect who attacked former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at noon on the same day in Nara city, western Japan, told police that he intentionally killed him. this politician.

Public broadcaster NHK quoted a police source as saying that the suspect had told investigators that he was dissatisfied with former Prime Minister Abe and intended to kill the male politician. Police seized at the scene a firearm, which appeared to be handmade.

According to NHK, the 41-year-old Yamagami has served in the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) for three years and currently resides in the city of Nara. Japanese police said Yamagami was arrested at the scene on charges of attempted murder.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) office in Nara said Abe's appearance at the local event was only decided on the evening of July 7 and later, details were revealed to the public. supporter.

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio believes that security was appropriately ensured during the event but said it would be part of investigations into the incident. Japan is a country with strict regulations on gun ownership. So shootings are very rare in the country.

According to a white paper by the National Police Agency (NPA), in 2020 there were only 21 arrests for gun use in the country, of which 12 were related to gangs. Recently, NHK reported that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot, aged 67.

"Whatever the reason, such barbaric act can never be tolerated and we strongly condemn it," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.

Earlier, police sources said that the former prime minister regained consciousness and reacted on the way to the hospital. Hospital officials declined to comment on his condition. Abe's wife, Akie, learned of the news while staying at her home and was taken to the hospital, where the former prime minister was treated.

US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said he was "deeply saddened and shocked". "We are all saddened and shocked by the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Mr. Abe is an outstanding leader of Japan and a firm ally of the United States. The American government and people are praying for his peace, as well as for his family and the people of Japan," the US ambassador said.

Former Prime Minister Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, was elected in 2006 but had to resign in September 2007 because of chronic ulcerative colitis. He continued to run for office and became prime minister from 2012 until he resigned in August 2020 due to an old illness.

Nancy Snow, director of the Japan International Security Industry Council, said a few hours ago that the shooting of the former Japanese prime minister would change the country forever. "This case is not only rare but also really culturally confusing.

The people of Japan cannot imagine a gun culture like in America. This is a speechless moment. I am really speechless at this point. I pray for the best for the former prime minister," she said.

According to The Guardian (UK), political science professor Airo Hino at Waseda University, told Reuters that a similar shooting had never happened in Japan. "There has never been anything as shocking as what happened in Nara today," said Professor Hino.

The shooting of Shinzo Abe shocked Japan, which has one of the lowest gun crime rates in the world due to extremely strict gun control laws. In 2018, Japan reported only nine gun deaths.

The assassin of Mr. Shinzo Abe was revealed by his colleagues: Be gentle Rosé11:47:44 11/07/2022Police searched Yamagami's home in Nara Prefecture and confiscated guns similar to this double-barreled gun. He told police he was "walking around" in the vicinity of Yamato-Saidaiji station before Mr Abe started speaking at noon on July 8. NHK broadcaster on July 10, citing...