(ANSA) – TOKYO, JUL 23 – The man accused of the murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8 will undergo a psychiatric examination to determine his criminal responsibilities. The Japanese media reported this, recalling that Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, was arrested immediately after shooting Abe twice – using a weapon he had manufactured – in the middle of an electoral demonstration before the elections in Nara, Japan. western.
According to police, the man said he killed the former prime minister because he believed he had ties to “a certain organization”, which the Japanese media identified as the Unification Church, or “sect of the moon”. The suspect’s mother was a member of this religious organization.
Yesterday, the Nara District Court approved the prosecutors’ request to subject Tetsuya Yamagami to a psychiatric examination that is expected to last until the end of November, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and other local media reported today, citing sources close to the investigation.
Interrogation of the suspect will be suspended during this period. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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