41-year-old tells police he was ‘frustrated’ with former Japanese PM and had ‘intention of killing him’
A 41-year-old man has been arrested for murder after the fatal shooting of the former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.
The man, Tetsuya Yamagami, reportedly told police after his arrest on Friday that he “was frustrated with the former prime minister and targeted Abe with the intention of killing him”, according to the national broadcaster NHK.