Japan prosecutors charge 42-year-old man in court with murdering ex-prime minister Abe

TOKYO, Jan 13 — Japanese prosecutors on Friday indicted the man suspected of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,Nara District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, on murder charges as well as for violating gun laws after concluding a roughly six-month psychiatric evaluation, the newspaper reported.

He reportedly held a grudge against the Unification Church for impoverishing his family, saying it persuaded his mother to donate around ¥100 million , and blamed Abe for promoting the religious organisation. The killing shed light on evidence to reveal deep and longstanding relations between the church and Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers.

The approval rate for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government had fallen to record lows amid revelations about connections between the church and many LDP lawmakers.

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