Abe’s killing haunts Japan with questions on handmade guns


              FILE - Tetsuya Yamagami, center, holding a weapon, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. The 40-centimeter-long (16-inch) firearm that was used to kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as he campaigned for his ruling party in Nara, western Japan, looked crude, more like a propellant made of pipes taped together and filled with explosives. (Nara Shimbun/Kyodo News via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. A raid of theYamagami's home, a one-room apartment in Nara, turned up several handmade firearms, police said. Unlike standard weapons, handmade guns are practically impossible to trace, making an investigation difficult. (Katsuhiko Hirano/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP, File)
            
              FILE - In this image from a video, Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, is attended on the ground in Nara, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. The motive for Abe’s assassination remains unclear. Japanese media reported that the suspect had developed hatred toward a religious group that his mother was obsessed about and that caused his family financial problems. The reports did not specify the group. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
            
              Suspect Tetsuya Yamagami holds a weapon, as he is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. The shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent shudders through low-crime, orderly Japan: A high-profile politician gets killed by a man emerging from a crowd, wielding a handmade firearm so roughly made it’s wrapped up in tape. (Nara Shimbun/Kyodo News via AP)
Abe’s killing haunts Japan with questions on handmade guns