Mann, der wegen Mordes an Japans Ex-Premierminister Shinzo Abe angeklagt ist, bekennt sich schuldig: „Alles ist wahr“

Keep in mind in Japan, the police can, and often do use sleep deprivation to get someone to confess.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the man was so delirious at the time of the confession, that he would also have confessed to being a Martian invader.

*One issue central to the case was whether extenuating circumstances applied due to „religious abuse“ in Yamagami’s childhood stemming from his mother’s extreme devotion to the Unification Church, according to Japanese media reports.*

*In a recent interview with TBS News, cited by the Japan Times, she said her faith grew even stronger after the her son assassinated Abe.*

*Prosecutors told the court that Yamagami started building up resentment toward the church, which he thinks derailed his life.*

*”He began to think he needed a gun“ to attack church executives, but having failed to procure one „he decided that he had to make one himself,“ a prosecutor said.*

*Yamagami „thought he could draw public attention to the church … if he killed someone as influential as Abe,“ the prosecutor said.*

Oddly enough this probably isn’t even in the top three weirdest Japanese political assassinations

Bro hit ‘em with the doohickey

Ah yes, the guy that built the weapon that Brandon Herrera nearly blew himself up trying to recreate.