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With an improvised gun, Tetsuya Yamagami kills Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister

July 8, 2022
The 41-year-old man who carried out the assassination was arrested (Photo: Screenshot)

Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister, died in hospital after being shot at a campaign rally in the city of Nara .

Two shots were fired at Abe, and the second shot hit him in the back, after which he fell to the ground. 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami , who carried out the assassination, was immediately arrested, reports REUTERS .

Explosives were also found during the search of the attacker’s house, according to unofficial information reported by the local media.

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He will be charged with murder, and the gun he used to commit the attack has been confiscated. It is a homemade gun that the assassin made himself. Witnesses said they saw a large gun.

https://twitter.com/Global_Mil_Info/status/1545249495398719488

A frame from a video taken at the time of the attack shows exactly what that gun looked like.

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