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Tokyo [Japan] : As an investigation into the assassination of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues, local media reports revealed that the man who was detained after Abe was shot served in the Japanese Navy [https://www.aninews.in/topic/japanese-navy] for three years.Tetsuya Yamagami [https://www.aninews.in/topic/tetsuya-yamagami], a 41-year-old resident of Nara City, in western Japan shot Abe while he was during a campaign speech on Friday.Yamagami has told police that he initially planned to attack a leader of a religious group that he believed caused his mother to become bankrupt through donations, Kyodo News reported citing sources.Yamagami admitted that he had visited other locations where Abe had delivered campaign speeches ahead of Sunday's House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan) election, sources informed the media outlet.The man denied that he committed the crime because he was opposed to Abe's political belief, according to the police.Following Abe's assassination, the police searched his home on Friday. They found items that are believed to be explosives and homemade guns, the media outlet reported citing Japanese police.Yamagami is currently unemployed. However, he was working at a manufacturer in the Kansai region from around the autumn of 2020. According to a staffing agency employee, he quit the job in May this year.He was previously a member of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Japanese Navy [https://www.aninews.in/topic/japanese-navy]) for about three years through August 2005.On Saturday morning, a car carrying the body of Abe left the hospital in Nara where his autopsy was conducted. His wife Akie Abe was in the car and the body is expected to arrive in Tokyo later in the da ...