Lawyer: Suspect in Abe assassination to face murder charge
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — A lawyer says Japanese prosecutors are expected to formally charge the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder on Friday. Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a handmade gun as the former leader was making a campaign speech in July outside a train station in western Japan. Later that month, Yamagami was sent to a detention center and given a five-month mental evaluation, which ended Tuesday. He is now back in police custody after reportedly being deemed fit to stand trial.
