Ties to Unification Church fueled motive for Shinzo Abe's assassin
Abe recently sent a video message to a Unification Church gathering held in September, which the assassination suspect viewed.
A police officer detains a man, believed to have shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Nara, western Japan July 8, 2022 (photo credit: THE ASAHI SHIMBUN/REUTERS)