Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in Nara yesterday (8th) morning, which shocked the whole world. He still died in the hospital after being rescued. His body was transported from the hospital in Nara at 6 o'clock this morning, Japan time. The motorcade returned to him earlier. At his home in Tokyo, many congressmen bowed and prayed silently in front of Abe’s home.
In response to Abe’s gunshot wound, the Nara Prefecture police in Japan announced the results of a forensic autopsy on the 9th, stating that the cause of Abe’s death was excessive blood loss caused by arterial damage. In addition, Japanese media focused on exploring the motive of the suspect Tetsuya Yamama. He told the police that he was motivated by dissatisfaction with a specific religious group, and he believed that Abe was related to this group. He was said to have been planning for months and initially planned to kill people with a bomb. Abe went to Okayama City to support the election on the 7th. He was also in Okayama City on that day. The police suspected that he had targeted Abe the day before with the intention of waiting for an opportunity to attack.
Shinzo Abe’s wife Akie Abe was also in the convoy transporting the remains. She lowered her head in the car. The Liberal Democratic Party will send high-level officials to greet the deceased in Tokyo. It is reported that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may go to Abe's residence in person to express his condolences.
The office in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Shinzo Abe’s hometown, announced funeral arrangements. A vigil will be held on the 11th, and a funeral will be held on the 12th. The widow Akie Abe will serve as the funeral director. A relevant person from the Liberal Democratic Party revealed that the funeral venue is scheduled to be Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, and a flower-laying stand will be set up at 's office in Shimonoseki City.
On the other hand, the Nara police searched overnight and concluded the search at the residence of shooting suspect Tetsuya Yamama. The police moved out more than 10 boxes of items. Initially, they were worried about the danger of explosives and evacuated surrounding residents. However, the evacuation order was lifted at 11:30 on the night of the 8th.
The police arrested the 41-year-old suspect and former Self-Defense Forces member Tetsuya Yamama on the spot yesterday and asked him about his motive for the murder. He claimed that it was not because of political ideas but because he was dissatisfied with Abe's association with specific religious groups. It is reported that the suspect told the police , his mother was obsessed with religion and donated large sums of money to the group, and the family life was in chaos.
The Japan Anti-Transportation Association (NHK) reported that the police found several seemingly handmade guns in his home, which were similar to the guns he used to shoot Abe. They also suspected that he had been planning for several months. Nippon TV and TV Asahi reported that Tetsuya Yamama confessed to the police that he initially planned to use a homemade bomb to kill people.
Tetsuya Yamama may have been targeting Abe a day earlier. Police investigation found that Shinzo Abe gave a speech for candidates at the Civic Hall in Kita District, Okayama City on the 7th. Tetsuya Yamama also appeared in Okayama City on the same day, suspecting that he had been there the day before yesterday. He is already waiting for an opportunity to kill Abe. Nara police said last night that they had confirmed one gunshot wound on Abe's left shoulder and two on his neck, for a total of three gunshot wounds. A judicial autopsy will be conducted to confirm whether the bullet penetrated the body. The forensic autopsy results announced by the Nara Prefecture police this morning showed that the cause of Abe's death was excessive bleeding caused by arterial damage.
It is said that Nara Prefectural Medical University started at 10:40 pm on the 8th and continued until 9 The judicial autopsy was completed at 5:10 a.m. on the same day. It is believed that the fatal injury was a bullet wound and the cause of death was blood loss. A bullet entered from the left shoulder, damaging the left subclavian artery and further damaging the right subclavian artery.
Abe was shot in the back when he was delivering a speech for candidates at the station square in Nara yesterday. The hospital that rescued him said the wound was as deep as his heart. He died of excessive blood loss due to the deep wound. In addition, the Nara Prefectural Police stated at a press conference on the evening of the 8th that the police learned that Abe was going to give a speech on the evening of the 7th and thought they had enough time to prepare security. The police did not disclose the number of people deployed at the scene of Abe's speech. They only said that they took the incident of Abe's visit and tragic death seriously, saying that they would continue to review and take appropriate measures if any mistakes were found.
The Japanese people and the international community have expressed condolences for Abe's death. The United Nations Security Council html held a moment of silence for him on the 28th. U.S. President Biden personally visited the Japanese Embassy to pay his respects and ordered flags across the United States to be flown at half-mast. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ordered three days of national mourning and wrote: "We are with Japan."The flags at the Indian government building were flown at half-mast. At Nara Yamato Saidaiji Station where Abe was attacked, the square had already been filled with flowers from the people.
