The police found 6 bullets on the wall of a company located next to the unified Church base, where the suspect tried the gun before assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The suspect Tetsuya Yamagami told investigators that he tried his homemade guns many times in the mountains of Nara province.

post

Photo: NHK

Yamagami was planning to take action on July 7, when Abe said in Okayama but failed because he could not approach the former Prime Minister.

The Japanese police on July 15 announced that 6 bullets on the wall Yamagami tried a gun on the morning of July 7.

The bullet hole on the wall in Nara city was shown where the suspect tried the gun.

Former Prime Minister Abe was suspected of Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, shooting two times while speaking in front of Nara Provincial Station on July 8.

Yamagami claimed to target the former Prime Minister because he thought that he was related to the religious organization that his mother participated in and was made for them.

The Church agreed to confirm that Yamagami's mother was a long -time member.

post

Photo: Asahi Shimbun

Police believed that Yamagami had planned to assassinate Mr. Abe for at least a year because he started making guns in the spring of 2021. A neighbor near the suspect's house said that he had heard the sound.

The Chief of the Japanese Cabinet Office Hirokazu Matsuno on July 12 said that the Japanese government could issue regulations related to homemade guns.

The gun was used by the suspect Yamagami to shoot Mr. Abe on July 8.

Police sent 50 investigators to set up at the scene of former Prime Minister Abe was assassinated to search for warheads that the suspect shot out.

The suspect had shot at the religious group facility he had aversion to Nara province, one day before assassinating Mr. Abe.