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Suspect Pleads Guilty to Murder of Ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Tetsuya Yamagami admits to murder but disputes firearms charges, blaming the Unification Church for family financial ruin; trial expected to conclude by mid-December.
- The trial for Tetsuya Yamagami, accused of assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, begins on Tuesday, with his lawyers not contesting guilt but seeking clemency due to his troubled past.
- Abe was murdered in July 2022 with a homemade gun, making him the first Japanese prime minister assassinated since 1936.
- Yamagami's actions were partly motivated by a grudge against the Unification Church, which his mother became involved with after personal tragedies.
- Following Abe's assassination, it was revealed that almost half of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers had connections to the Unification Church, leading to new laws and investigations.
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The man accused of assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, told a Tokyo court that "everything is true," according to local media...
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Man Pleads Guilty To Assassinating Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Justice will soon be served in Japan. The man who assassinated former Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe plead guilty on Tuesday. While in court on Tuesday, Tetsuya Yamagami addmitted to assassinating Abe in July of 2022. CBS News provided more details on Yamagami’s guilty plea: The gunman accused of killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe pleaded guilty Tuesday, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world. The …
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