「当初、宗教団体幹部狙う」　標的を安倍元首相に変更か―山上容疑者、殺人容疑で送検・奈良県警

　自民党の安倍晋三元首相（６７）が奈良市内で街頭演説中に銃撃され死亡した事件で、殺人未遂容疑で逮捕された無職山上徹也容疑者（４１）が「当初は宗教団体幹部を狙っていた」という趣旨の供述をしていることが１０日、捜査関係者への取材で分かった。
　奈良県警は、団体への不満が安倍氏に対する一方的な殺意につながり、標的を団体幹部から安倍氏に変えたとみて経緯を調べている。県警は同日、容疑を殺人に切り替え、山上容疑者を送検した。
　捜査関係者によると、山上容疑者は「母親が（宗教団体に）多額の寄付をして家庭がめちゃくちゃになった」という趣旨の話をし、「安倍元首相が宗教団体とつながりがあると思って犯行に及んだ」とも供述しているという。
　防衛省関係者によると、山上容疑者が海上自衛隊に勤めていた２００２～０５年に、「親の宗教で悩んでいる」といった相談を同僚にしていたという。（2022/07/10-19:01）

The 41-year-old man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara on Friday has told police that he initially considered attacking a senior official of a religious group, investigative sources said Sunday.
   The man, Tetsuya Yamagami, who was arrested Friday on suspicion of attempting to murder Abe, told the police department of Nara Prefecture that his mother made a large donation to the religious organization and that his family was ruined as a result, the sources said.
   He also said that he attacked Abe, thinking that the former prime minister had a link with the organization, according to the sources.
   According to Defense Ministry sources, Yamagami, who worked for the Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2002-2005, told MSDF colleagues at the time that he was worrying about his parent's religious activities.
   The Nara police department is continuing its investigation into the shooting, suspecting that Yamagami's frustration at the religious group developed into an intent to murder Abe and this caused him to change his target from the religious group official to the former prime minister.