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Jan 13, 2023 · World. Man charged with murder in assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested at the time of the shooting in July but underwent competency testing. The...
Even before Yamagami was being officially tried, online petition website Change.org had received over 8,700 signatures, as of 8 October 2022, which pleaded for reducing Yamagami's sentence. The sponsors of the petition denied the accusation from opponents that they approved of murder, but sympathised with Yamagami because his suffering as a ...
- Arrested, psychiatric assessment completed, under indictment
- 10 September 1980 (age 43), Mie Prefecture, Japan
- 2002–2005
- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Jan 13, 2023 · Nara prosecutors’ office said in a statement it had indicted Tetsuya Yamagami on murder and firearms charges after Abe was shot dead on July 8 while giving a campaign speech on a street in the...
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Jan 13, 2023 · Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a homemade gun as the former leader was making a campaign speech in July outside a train station in Nara in western Japan. He then underwent a nearly six-month mental evaluation, which prosecutors said showed he is fit to stand trial.
Jan 13, 2023 · Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a homemade gun as the former leader was making a campaign speech on July 8 outside a train station in Nara in western...
Jul 8, 2022 · Yamagami is accused of assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by opening fire on at him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech, an attack that stunned a nation that has some of the world’s toughest gun laws.(Nara Shimbun/Kyodo News via AP)
- ykageyama@ap.org
- Japan Reporter
Jul 9, 2022 · All. Catch Up. 18 Posts. Sort by. 1:11 a.m. ET, July 9, 2022. Who is Tetsuya Yamagami? What we know about the man suspected of shooting Shinzo Abe. From CNN's Helen Regan, Emiko Jozuka and...