Mother of the man arrested for the killing of former Japanese PM Abe is a member of the Unification Church, the church’s Japan head says.
Yamagami believed Abe had promoted a religious group to which his mother made a “huge donation,” Kyodo news agency has said, citing investigative sources. Yamagami told police his mother went bankrupt from the donation, the Yomiuri newspaper and other media have reported.
Abe appeared at an event hosted by an organization affiliated with the church last September where he delivered a speech praising the affiliate’s work towards peace on the Korean peninsula, according to the church’s website. Police have confirmed that the suspect said he held a grudge against a specific organization, but have not named it.
The Unification Church was founded in South Korea in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon, a self-declared messiah and strident anti-communist. It has gained global media attention for its mass weddings where it marries thousands of couples at a time.
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