Tetsuya Yamagami: Face of man who killedShinzo Abe,ex-Prime Minister of Japan

Tetsuya Yamagami has been identified, arrested and detained as the killer of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister.

Yamagami, the 41-year-old killer is a former military who had served in the maritime self-defence force, the country’s equivalent of the navy – for three years around 2005.

The killer said he attacked the former Japanese premier because he was dissatisfied with him.

Yamagami has been detained at Nara Nishi Police Station, near the site of gunshots in Nara region, western Japan on Friday.

According to reports, Yamagami is believed to be a resident of Nara and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for shooting at Abe.

This seems to be a still image of the attacker, a middle aged man, aiming his shotgun at Abe, who is now in custody.

Two shots were fired. The first seemed to miss. The man did not flee; he just squatted down and waited to be arrested, as per NHK. pic.twitter.com/VmfCqqEvZv

— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) July 8, 2022

According to the Japanese Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) NHK, the shooter did not run away. Reportedly, he targeted Shinzo Abe with the intention of killing him.

An eyewitness told NHK that the shooter did not attempt to flee from the scene. Instead, he put this gun on the ground and stayed put as security personnel apprehended him.