Shinzo Abe’s Suspected Assassin to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation: Media

Shinzo Abe’s Suspected Assassin to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation: Media
Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is escorted by a police officer as he is taken to prosecutors, at Nara-nishi police station in Nara, western Japan, on July 10, 2022. Kyodo via Reuters
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TOKYO—The suspected assassin of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will undergo psychiatric evaluation until later this year, Japanese media reported on Saturday.

Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 41-year-old, has been identified by police as the suspect who approached Abe at a campaign speech on a street corner on July 8 and opened fire with a handmade gun.