Execution of former Japanese prime minister, author killed 'for secret links to Moonie cult'

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Execution of former Japanese prime minister, author killed 'for secret
The perpetrator of Shinzo Abe's assassination, Tetsuya Yamagami

The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shocked the world. The Times presents an analysis of the situation, focusing on the author of this serious event, Tetsuya Yamagami.

The man who killed Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, was motivated by anger at a religious cult he blamed for the loss of his family's fortune, according to reports.

Tetsuya Yamagami, i cili qëlloi Abe me një armë të bërë vetë teksa po mbante një fjalim të fushatës të premten, i tha policisë se besonte se ish-udhëheqësi kishte lidhje me Kishën e Unifikimit, një grup koreano-jugor i njohur gjithashtu si Moonies.

Nëse raportet në mediat japoneze konfirmohen, atëherë vrasja politike më shkatërruese e vendit që nga Lufta e Dytë Botërore nuk u shkaktua nga asgjë më e rëndësishme se sa një grindje familjare rreth fesë.

Gazetat dhe stacionet televizive japoneze kanë raportuar njoftime anonime të policisë duke thënë se Yamagami, 41 vjeç, kishte pranuar se kishte planifikuar sulmin ndaj Abe, gjatë disa muajve, por këmbënguli se arsyeja nuk ishte politika.

Në vend të kësaj, ata thonë se ai po përpiqej të godiste një organizatë fetare, së cilës nëna e tij i dha pasuritë e familjes pas vdekjes së burrit të saj, duke rezultuar në falimentimin dhe varfërimin e familjes së saj.

Gazetat tabloide japoneze e kanë quajtur grupin si Kisha e Unifikimit, e themeluar në vitin 1954 nga Sun Myung Moon, i cili pretendonte se ishte Mesia.

Gazeta Yomiuri citoi Yamagami t’i kishte thënë policisë: “Nëna ime është një ndjekëse e kishës dhe falimentoi pasi dhuroi një shumë të madhe parash. Mendova se duhej t’i ndëshkoja. Mendova se Abe kishte një lidhje me të, kështu që planifikova vrasjen”.

Arma që ai përdori ishte krijuar nga tuba metalikë dhe shirit, dhe me sa duket u ndez nga një ngarkesë elektrike.

After an initial shot that missed, Yamagami fired a second time, hitting Abe in the left arm and neck, causing death from blood loss after severing an artery.

Police recovered more homemade weapons from the apartment occupied by Yamagami, near where Abe was killed while speaking on the street in the central city of Nara.

Neighbors had complained about the noise of the cutting machines he used in his small house.

"I made weapons to kill former Prime Minister Abe," he was quoted as saying.

"I also made a bomb. I was so determined to kill him and was chasing him to the places he visited for campaign speeches."

He said he intended to attack once at a closed evening event in the city of Okayama, but was unable to enter the sold-out venue.

The extent of Abe's ties to the Moonies is not clear.

Akahata, Japan's Communist Party newspaper, previously reported that he sent congratulatory messages and gave speeches online at ceremonies held by a front organization for the church.

An unnamed relative of Yamagami told the Asahi newspaper that his mother had inherited her late husband's construction company but had given away so much money that she and her three children were destitute.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force, or navy, confirmed that Yamagami had served between 2002 and 2005.

Colleagues at a warehouse where he worked as a truck driver said he was "gentle," though he later became uncooperative and quit in May.

Much commentary has focused on the failure of the police at the scene to notice the killer approaching from behind Abe, or to act in the three seconds between the first and second shots.

"It is undeniable that there have been security problems for Abe, and we will immediately identify the problems and take appropriate measures to solve them," the Nara prefectural police chief said.

But whatever the truth of his killer's claim that Shinzo Abe was a supporter of the Unification Church, religious groups are a controversial part of Japanese public life.

During World War II, Christian and Buddhist groups were persecuted for opposing militarism, and as a result the authorities were reluctant to act.


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