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Yamagami | {{Infobox person|name=Yamagami Tetsuya|native_name=山上徹也（やまがみてつや）|image=山上徹也.jpg|birth_date=10 September 1980 (aged 42)|known=Assassination of [[Shinzo Abe]]|nationality=[[Japanese]]}} | ||
== | Yamagami Tetsuya (山上 徹也) is a [[Japan|Japanese]] man, who rose to international fame when he assassinated former [[Japan|Japanese]] Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]] in July 2022. | ||
Yamagami served within the Japan Self-Defense Forces under the maritime forces from 2002-2005.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Tim Kelly|newspaper=Reuters|title=Abe killer wielded homemade gun, grudge over mother's financial ruin, police say|date=2022-07-09|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/abe-killer-wielded-homemade-gun-grudge-over-mothers-bankruptcy-police-say-2022-07-09/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709162009/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/abe-killer-wielded-homemade-gun-grudge-over-mothers-bankruptcy-police-say-2022-07-09/|archive-date=2022-07-09|retrieved=2024-11-19|quote=A person named Tetsuya Yamagami served in the Maritime Self-Defence Force from 2002 to 2005, a spokesman for Japan's navy said, declining to say whether this was the suspected killer, as media have reported.}}</ref> | |||
== Death of Shinzo Abe == | |||
Abe had ties to the cult known as the [[Unification Church]] (統一教), accepting donations and providing political patronage to the cult. Yamagami's mother, who was an integrated member of the cult, gave the Unification Church a lot of [[money]] and even sold her house. On July 7, 2022, when Abe was giving a speech in [[Okayama]] City, Yamagami shot and killed Abe with a homemade shotgun. His assassination has excited many [[China|Chinese]] and [[Korea|Koreans]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=CGTN|title=Live: Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe was shot in the chest during Friday's speech|date=2022-7-7|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_UC5jDrxuY|retrieved=2022-8-11}}</ref> | |||
== References == | |||
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Yamagami Tetsuya 山上徹也（やまがみてつや） | |
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| Born | 10 September 1980 (aged 42) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Assassination of Shinzo Abe |
Yamagami Tetsuya (山上 徹也) is a Japanese man, who rose to international fame when he assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.
Yamagami served within the Japan Self-Defense Forces under the maritime forces from 2002-2005.[1]
Death of Shinzo Abe[edit | edit source]
Abe had ties to the cult known as the Unification Church (統一教), accepting donations and providing political patronage to the cult. Yamagami's mother, who was an integrated member of the cult, gave the Unification Church a lot of money and even sold her house. On July 7, 2022, when Abe was giving a speech in Okayama City, Yamagami shot and killed Abe with a homemade shotgun. His assassination has excited many Chinese and Koreans.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ “A person named Tetsuya Yamagami served in the Maritime Self-Defence Force from 2002 to 2005, a spokesman for Japan's navy said, declining to say whether this was the suspected killer, as media have reported.”
Tim Kelly (2022-07-09). "Abe killer wielded homemade gun, grudge over mother's financial ruin, police say" Reuters. Archived from the original on 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2024-11-19. - ↑ "Live: Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe was shot in the chest during Friday's speech" (2022-7-7). CGTN. Retrieved 2022-8-11.