DAccording to a media report, the assassin of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had initially planned a bomb attack. As the Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing investigative circles, the 41-year-old former marine tried to build a bomb. Tetsuya Yamagami shot and killed Abe with a homemade gun while delivering a campaign speech in the city of Nara on Friday. According to media reports, he said after his arrest that he acted out of hatred for a religious group that supported Abe.
His mother donated large sums of money to the religious organization, which ruined it. Neither the police nor Japan’s state-run media have so far wanted to name the group. However, the online magazine “Gendai Business” claims to have learned from investigative circles that this is the controversial Unification Church of the late Korean sect founder San Myung Mun.
Also known as the Mun Sect, the Unification Church has members in many countries, including Japan, and supports conservative political causes. Politicians like former US President Donald Trump and Abe are considered friendly towards her.
speculation on social media
Mun, who was strongly anti-Communist, founded it in 1954. Thanks to a devoted following, he built a corporate empire that made him a billionaire. He was known for grand performances, which included mass weddings. There had previously been speculation on Japan’s social media that the Abe assassin could have meant this group. There is no confirmation for this.
According to the media, the confessed assassin denied that he acted out of resentment over Abe’s political beliefs. Originally he wasn’t even aiming for the right-wing conservative politician, but for a leader of the religious group. Police found explosives and homemade firearms in his apartment. The man testified that he was able to fire six bullets at once with the murder weapon, as the newspaper “Yomiuri Shimbun” reported on Sunday, citing investigative circles.
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