Suspect Tetsuya Yamagami was indicated on Friday on murder and other charges related to the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. "I did it because I thought that would be my only chance and I had to end it," Yamagami, 42, has been quoted as saying to police. The shooting took place in Nara City while Abe was giving a campaign speech.
The Nara prefectural police believe that Yamagami had difficulty in reaching the leader of the Unification Church, whom he had targeted for many years, and with his funds for gun-making drying up, instead decided to shoot Abe, whom he believed was linked to the religious group.
The Nara District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Yamagami on Friday on charges of murder and violation of the Firearms and Swords Control Law.
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