Shinzo Abe's killing: Tetsuya Yamagami initially planned to attack religious leader, say Police

The Japanese media on Saturday reported that the man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has admitted to authorities that his original intent was to assassinate a figurehead of a religious organisation. According to Kyodo News, which cited the police, Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, claimed he had a vendetta against a "particular organisation" that he thought was associated with Shinzo Abe. This organisation may have been a religious organisation. The story did not name the religious figurehead.

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