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Japan's Shinzo Abe assassination: Who is suspect Tetsuya Yamagami?
https://www.foxnews.com/world/japan-shinzo-abe-assassination-who-suspect-tetsuya-yamagami

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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.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been asassinated in Nara. Tetsuya Yamagami is the assassin.
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Re: Japan's Shinzo Abe assassination: Who is suspect Tetsuya Yamagami?
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2022, 10:14:39 PM »
The motive will relate to Taiwan. 

The clue involves the homemade shotgun.

In theory, the investigation breaks-down because of the homemade shotgun.  It becomes a tediously overlapping paper chase.

Abe was the 'communism-containment guy' during his current campaign.