TOKYO: A 90-member task force will be formed to look into the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who passed away after being shot while speaking at an election rally in Nara city, Japanese police said.
The statement was made late on Friday night at a press conference by the Nara prefectural police, to public network NHK said.
The security measures that were in place while Abe was giving his address on Friday morning close to the Yamatosaidaiji Station in Nara will be reviewed, according to the police. Further, officials acknowledged that they were only made aware of the late leader's travel to Nara the previous evening. In the meantime, the suspect Yamagami Tetsuya, 41, who was detained on the spot, admitted to shooting Abe and stated that he had a vendetta against a "cetain organisation" that he thought the former Prime Minister was associated with. Yamagami claimed to the police that his mother had donated a significant amount of money to the organisation and that this had caused his family a great deal of trouble.
The guy allegedly used a homemade gun that was around 40 cm long, according to NHK. The police also conducted a search at Yamagami's home, where they found many homemade metal and wooden firearms that were similar to the one that was used in the attack. They also seized the suspect's possessions, which included a wallet, a smartphone, and a shoulder bag.
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