BREAKING NEWS: Suspect charged with murder in assassination of Japan's Shinzo Abe
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe speaks on the legacy of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 'Sunday Night in America.'Shinzo Abe with murder.
FILE - Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on July 8, 2022. Japanese prosecutors formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, Japan's NHK public television reported Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.
A lawyer for Yamagami told the Associated Press that it will likely be several months before his trial begins due to the complexity of the case. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister official residence on August 28, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan. A police officer detains a man, believed to have shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Nara, western Japan July 8, 2022.Abe was shot about two minutes and 20 seconds into his speech, according to Japanese news outlet NHK.
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