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Tokyo
CNN
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Japanese prosecutors on Friday said they have indicted a man suspected of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year in a fatal shooting.
Nara prosecutors’ office said in a statement it had indicted Tetsuya Yamagami on murder and firearms charges after Abe was shot dead on July 8 while giving a campaign speech on a street in the city.
The Nara District Court confirmed to CNN it has received the indictment.
Yamagami has been undergoing psychiatric evaluation in Nara since his arrest last year to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial, public broadcaster NHK reported. His detention period evaluation expired on Tuesday, NHK added.
Yamagami was detained at the scene and admitted to shooting Abe, according to Nara Nishi police.
Doctors said the bullet that killed the former prime minister was “deep enough to reach…
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