Shinzo Abe’s suspected assassin to undergo psychiatric evaluation – media

TOKYO (Reuters) – The suspected murderer of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will endure psychiatric analysis till later this yr, Japanese media reported on Saturday.

Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 41-year-old, has been recognized by police because the suspect who approached Abe at a marketing campaign speech on a avenue nook on July 8 and opened fireplace with a home made gun.

A court docket in Nara in western Japan, the place the suspect lived and the capturing occurred, granted prosecutors’ request that Yamagami be held for psychiatric examination, the Nikkei and different media reported.

Nara prosecutors couldn’t be reached for remark exterior enterprise hours.

The analysis will final till Nov. 29, the Nikkei mentioned, and can decide whether or not or not Yamagami can be indicted for capturing.

(Reporting by Elaine Lies in Tokyo; Modifying by William Mallard)