‘Everything Is True’: Japan Ex-PM Shinzo Abe’s Killer Pleads Guilty 3 Years After Assassination

<p class=”emotion-1akm6h5-Paragraph e1e4oisd0″ data-type=”paragraph”>A Japanese man accused of assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pleaded guilty on Tuesday, nearly three years after the shocking attack.</p>
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<p class=”emotion-1akm6h5-Paragraph e1e4oisd0″ data-type=”paragraph”>Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, faced charges of murder and violating arms control laws for allegedly using a homemade gun to fatally shoot Abe during a campaign speech in July 2022.</p>
<p class=”emotion-1akm6h5-Paragraph e1e4oisd0″ data-type=”paragraph”>&ldquo;Everything is true,&rdquo; Yamagami reportedly told the court as proceedings began.</p>
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