The man accused of assassinating Japan's former PM Shinzo Abe is set to undergo an examination of his mental condition around the time of the incident
A court in Nara in western Japan, where the suspect lived and the shooting occurred, granted prosecutors' request that Yamagami be held for psychiatric examination, local media reported.
On Friday, the Nara District Court approved a request by the local public prosecutors' office for a psychiatric examination of the suspect, the Asahi Shimbun and other local media reported, citing unnamed investigative sources. His accused killer Tetsuya Yamagami is in custody and reportedly targeted Abe because he believed the former leader was linked to the Unification Church.Investigative questioning of the 41-year-old Yamagami will be halted during the mental examination.Prosecutors will determine whether the suspect can bear criminal liability based on the examination before making a decision on whether to indict him, the reports said.
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