TOKYO: The particular suspected assassin associated with Japanese former Leading Minister Shinzo Abe will undergo psychiatric evaluation until later this year, Japanese press reported on Saturday (Jul 23).
Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 41-year-old, has been identified by police as the believe who approached Abe at a campaign presentation on a street part on Jul 7 and opened fire with a handmade gun .
A court in Nara within western Japan, where the suspect lived as well as the shooting occurred, given prosecutors’ request that will Yamagami be held for psychiatric examination, the Nikkei and other media reported.
Nara prosecutors cannot be reached designed for comment outside business hours.
The particular evaluation will last till Nov 29, the Nikkei said, and can determine whether or not Yamagami will be indicted for your shooting.