NARA -- The Nara prefectural police on Monday sent additional charges to prosecutors against Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to investigative sources. The latest move is expected to conclude the investigation into the high-profile shooting.
The additional charges include violations of the Ordnance Manufacturing Law and damage to property, the sources said. Yamagami, 42, has already been indicted over murder and other charges in the incident in which Abe, 67, was fatally shot when delivering a stump speech in Nara.
According to the sources, the police have confirmed that the gun used in the shooting and several other guns seized from Yamagami's residence had lethal capability after analyzing their structure. As fertilizer and other materials used to make gunpowder were also found, the police deemed that Yamagami violated the Ordnance Manufacturing Law and the Explosives Control Law.
