TIL Desk/World/Tokyo/ The investigation into the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed on Sunday that the man behind the killing checked YouTube when making the firearm used in the attack, local media reported citing sources.
According to reports, the investigative sources said that Tetsuya Yamagami, the gunman has stated that he tested a homemade gun at a facility connected to a religious group he harboured a grudge against. Yamagami said his mother made a “huge donation” to the organization, which he believes Abe was associated with.
Following Abe’s assassination, the police found items that are believed to be explosives and multiple homemade guns at Yamagami’s home, similar to the one used to kill Abe. Nara prefectural police said it appears that the suspect checked YouTube ahead of the attack in repeated attempts to make firearms.
The gun Yamagami made to shoot Abe was “designed to fire six projectiles at a time,” sources said. The weapon was composed of two metal pipes held together with tape and employing projectiles placed in small plastic shells fired from both barrels. It was similar to a shotgun, they said.
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