A man believed to be Tetsuya Yamagami is apprehended at the scene of the shooting in Nara City on Friday.
15:36 JST, July 8, 2022
Tetsuya Yamagami, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Friday’s shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is a former Maritime Self-Defense Force member, according to a government source. The 41-year-old suspect, of Nara City, was said to have served in the MSDF until 2005, the source said. The Defense Ministry is gathering information about the man.
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