Yamagami Tetsuya, a suspect who shot and killed former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was reported to have said, "I killed Abe because I thought he was related to a religious group my mother was into."
Local media reported on 9th that Yamagami made a statement to the effect that "my mother fell into religious groups and made a lot of donations, which ruined family life."
Citing the name of a particular religious group, the Asahi Shimbun said, "I had a grudge," adding, "I tried to aim the religious group leader, but it was difficult, and I thought Abe had something to do with it."
As a result, analysts say that he acted alone for personal reasons, not as a surety criminal targeting former Prime Minister Abe, who is politically right-wing.
The Mainichi Shimbun also reported that the suspect stated to the effect that "He intended to target this official" citing the name of a certain religious group official, but the religious group official was not at the scene of the incident.
In particular, it is reported that he arrived at the crime scene by train finding out the schedule of campaigning for the upper house election through LDP’s website.
In addition, police seized a black-taped homemade gun at the scene of the crime and seized severalguns and gunpowder in a raid athis home.
The suspect was reported to have told police that he had bought parts on the Internet and made his own handgun.
Abe was taken to hospitalafter Yamagami was shot seven to eight meters away during a street campaign rally in Nara, and died of excessive bleeding at 5:03 p.m on 8th.








