NARA ¨C The man who assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, 3? years after the shooting in Nara in broad daylight that sent shock waves across the world.
The Nara District Court¡¯s ruling on Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, who shot Abe with a homemade gun in July 2022, was in line with the sentence that prosecutors had demanded.
The verdict concludes the trial of Yamagami over the killing of the former prime minister during the influential politician¡¯s campaign rally in Nara. At the onset of the trial, which started in late October, Yamagami pleaded guilty to murder and other charges, including the production of gunpowder and property damage.
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