Assassin of Japan’s former prime minister appeals life sentence Related news

Cătălin Roșioru

ISTANBUL   The man who assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has filed an appeal against the life sentence handed down against him by a court, local media reported Wednesday. Tetsuya Yamagami submitted the appeal to the Osaka High Court, according to Kyodo News Agency. Yamagami, 45, who admitted to shooting Abe with a homemade gun during a campaign speech in Nara in July 2022, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Nara District Court last month. He was found guilty of