The gun attacked occurred in a country where tough laws mean it is nearly unheard of for citizens to buy or own firearms.
The man arrested for Shinzo Abe’s killing believed the former Japanese leader was linked to a religious group he blamed for his mother’s financial ruin and spent months planning the attack with a homemade gun, police said.
Yamagami was a loner who did not reply when spoken to, neighbours said. He believed Abe had promoted a religious group that his mother made a “huge donation” to, Kyodo news agency said, citing investigative sources. Analysts say he could have made the weapon in a day or two after obtaining readily available materials such as wood and metal pipes, analysts say.showed gun violence cannot be totally eliminated even in a country where tough gun laws mean it is nearly unheard of for citizens to buy or own firearms.
“It can be done in two to three days after obtaining parts such as pipes,” said Fukuda, who analysed images of the gun used in Abe’s shooting. Japanese media said on Saturday the suspect had told investigators he had searched online for instructions how to make firearms, and ordered parts and gunpowder on the internet as well.Police did not rule out the possibility that the bullets were also made by hand but said they were still investigating.newspaper reported on Saturday.“Crude, yet lethal, craft-produced firearms such as this are simple to make,” said N. R.
In 2018, police arrested a 23-year-old man in the western city of Himeji for making a gun and more than 130 bullets at home. Also that year, police detained a 19-year-old university student in Nagoya city for manufacturing explosives as well as a gun with help of a 3D printer.In 2014, police arrested a 27-year-old man for illegally possessing handguns made by a 3D printer in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo.
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