"The man accused of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pleaded guilty on Tuesday, three years after the broad daylight assassination. Tetsuya Y., 45, admitted in court to fatally shooting Abe with a homemade gun during a 2022 campaign speech. "Everything is true," he said in court. He faces charges of murder and violating Japan's firearms laws. The trial in Nara is expected to conclude in mid-December, according to Kyodo news agency."
"Tetsuya Y. was arrested directly after the shooting. He told the police he targeted Abe over his ties to the South Korea-based Unification Church, which he blamed for his family's financial ruin. He said his mother was pressured to make donations of around 100 million yen ($658,054; 564,366) to the Unification Church, considered a cult in Japan, which bankrupted his family."
Tetsuya Y., 45, pleaded guilty to fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun during a campaign speech. The shooting occurred on July 8, 2022, near a train station in Nara. The shooter was arrested immediately after the attack. He told police he targeted Abe because of Abe's ties to the South Korea-based Unification Church and blamed the group for bankrupting his family. He said his mother was pressured to donate about 100 million yen. The Unification Church's Japanese branch confirmed the mother's membership and said Abe supported the church's peace activities. The defendant faces murder and firearms charges and the trial is expected to conclude in mid-December.
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