NARA -- The 41-year-old suspect in the fatal attack on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told police that he initially targeted the head of a religious group, but changed his target to Abe last autumn, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
According to sources in the Nara prefectural police, Tetsuya Yamagami named a specific religious group during questioning, saying that he held a grudge and had a strong desire to "punish" the group.
