Tetsuya Yamagami, Suspected of killing former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe;
Credit: Kyodo via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese prosecutors have decided to indict the man suspected of shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency and other Japanese media reported on Saturday 24 December 2022.
The decision follows psychiatric examination of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 42-year-old.
Abe was killed with a handmade gun during an election campaign in July.
Yamagami's detention for mental examination will end on 10 January, and Nara prosecutors will likely indict him by 13 January, according to Kyodo. The prosecutors were not immediately available for comment on Saturday.
