Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reportedly harbored a grudge against a religious group known as the Unification Church, blaming it for the disintegration of his family after his mother became a follower. Yamagami was quoted by police as saying that a particular video convinced him to switch the target of his revenge from the religious group to Abe, 67.
Last September, Abe appeared in a video, saying, "I pay my respects to President Hak Ja Han for her devotion to the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula."
