Alleged Abe assassin to undergo mental evaluation

Tetsuya Yamagami, the alleged assassin of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gets out of a police station in Nara, western Japan, on July 10, 2022, on his way to local prosecutors’ office. The suspect will be detained until late November for mental evaluation so prosecutors can determine whether to formally press charges and sent him to trial for murder (Nobuki Ito/Kyodo News via AP/PA)

The alleged assassin of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be detained until late November for mental evaluation so prosecutors can determine whether to formally press charges and send him to trial for murder, officials said.

The suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, was arrested immediately after he allegedly shot Mr Abe from behind when the former leader was making a campaign speech outside a busy train station in western Japan on July 8.