The mother of the man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apologized to police, investigative sources told The Yomiuri Shimbun.
"I am sorry that my son caused this terrible incident," the mother of 41-year-old suspect Tetsuya Yamagami was quoted as telling the Nara prefectural police and others.
She is believed to have donated a total of 100 million yen to the religious group Family Federation for World Peace and Unification and is currently being questioned by the police and other authorities about the details.
