A Japanese man suspected of shooting Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022 was charged with murder and firearms law violations on Friday after undergoing psychiatric evaluation.
Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, was charged with the murder of Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader. Abe was shot and killed during a campaign speech in Japan’s western city of Nara on July 8, 2022. Police arrested Yamagami on the spot.
Yamagami, who allegedly shot Abe at close range using a homemade gun, was also charged with violating Japan’s gun control law.
The Nara District Public Prosecutors Office decided that Yamagami is fit to stand trial for the crime following mental evaluation tests he underwent since July 2022, Kyodo News reported. The date of the trial was not specified….