A Japanese court on Jan. 21 sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami to life in prison for the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Yamagami, 45, had admitted to killing Abe with a homemade gun as the former prime minister delivered a campaign speech outside a train station in Nara on July 8, 2022.
The 67-year-old Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving leader when he resigned in 2020, was shot twice and collapsed.
He was airlifted to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead after receiving massive blood transfusions, officials said.
Yamagami was arrested at the scene. When apprehended, he admitted his intention to kill Abe, whom he believed was connected to a religious organization that had bankrupted his family….
Man Who Assassinated Japanese Former PM Shinzo Abe Sentenced to Life in Prison
