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Unification Church and politics

Suspected Abe shooter Yamagami charged with murder

Unification Church controversy shadows Japan as case heads to trial

Tetsuya Yamagami, right, is suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July last year. (Source photos by Kyodo and Reuters)
SAYUMI TAKE and RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writers | Japan

TOKYO -- The man suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July was charged with murder on Friday.

Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, was also indicted by prosecutors over suspected violation of the nation's gun control law.

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