Tetsuya Yamagami, who admitted to shooting Shinzo Abe, told investigators he holds hatred toward a certain group that he thought the former Prime Minister was linked to, Nara Nishi police said.
Abe, 67, was pronounced dead by doctors at the Nara Medical University Hospital, at 5.03pm local time on Friday, just over five hours after being shot while delivering a campaign speech in front of a small crowd on a street.
Yamagami was described as a "totally normal" and seemingly "earnest" person by at least two people who had interacted with him, Kyodo News also reported. The former colleague said there had been no issues with Yamagami for the first six months of his employment, until he started to exhibit "gradual neglect" of work practices, according to Kyodo News Agency.
Yamagami made multiple types of guns with iron pipes that were wrapped in adhesive tape, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported, citing the police.The suspect inserted bullets in his handmade gun, parts of which he had bought online, police said, according to NHK.What was the suspect's plan?
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