According to Kyodo News Agency 14, the suspect who shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tetsuya Yamama recently confessed to the police that he first made a pressure cooker bomb. Although he made bombs, he "didn't want to involve irrelevant people," so he instead made guns, which were easier to target.
In addition to the guns at the scene, the Japanese police also confiscated similar homemade guns at the suspect's home, a total of 7 guns, several of which were not yet completed. Police believe the suspect was trying to make a more lethal weapon and repeatedly tested it. In addition, the police also found several metal balls of different sizes and types, empty cartridges and powder suspected of being gunpowder . The suspect has now admitted that he obtained the manufacturing methods and materials for his guns and bullets from the Internet. There are detailed instructions on filling bullets and handling gunpowder online. The police are currently investigating this.
Comprehensive Japanese media previously reported that the suspect stated in his confession after his arrest that his mother was "obsessed with a religious group and donated money, which led to financial difficulties." She was resentful of this, so she "wanted to kill people associated with the group." Shinzo Abe”. The Nara District Prosecutor's Office has decided to conduct a forensic psychiatric evaluation on him to investigate whether he has the ability to be criminally responsible.
Source: Overseas Network
