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According to local media quoting sources, the investigation into Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination revealed on Sunday that the guy behind the killing checked YouTube when manufacturing the pistol used in the attack.
According to the Japan Times, the gunman, Tetsuya Yamagami, revealed that he tested a handmade pistol at a site belonging to a religious group he disliked.
Yamagami stated that his mother made a “large donation” to the group with which he believes Shinzo Abe was involved.
Following Shinzo Abe’s assassination, authorities discovered objects suspected to be explosives and multiple manufactured firearms inside Yamagami’s home, identical to the one used to assassinate Shinzo Abe.
According to Nara prefectural police, the suspect appears to have checked YouTube ahead of the attack in repeated attempts to construct firearms, according to the Japan Times.
According to sources, the rifle Yamagami used to shoot Shinzo Abe was “built to discharge six projectiles at a moment.” The weapon was made out of two metal pipes joined together with adhesive and fired projectiles placed in little plastic shells from both barrels. They compared it to a shotgun.
According to the sources, various wooden planks measuring roughly one square metre each, with holes likely drilled during weapon testing, were discovered in Yamagami’s automobile.
According to the sources, the suspect stated that an aluminum-covered tray found in the truck was used to dry gunpowder. Yamagami was also described as claiming he tried to create a bomb and appeared to have gone through a trial and error procedure to produce such a weapon, according to the Japan Times.
Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old native of Nara City in western Japan, shot Shinzo Abe during a campaign address on Friday.
Shinzo Abe died of blood loss, according to police, and an examination revealed two gunshot wounds on his upper left arm and neck.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime leader, announced his resignation in 2020, citing health concerns. He served as Prime Minister of Japan twice, from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 20. Yoshihide Suga and, later, Fumio Kishida succeeded him.
