
NARA -- A man arrested in Friday's fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara City has told police that he had also followed Abe in Okayama City the day before the attack, according to investigative sources.
The Nara prefectural police are investigating the attack with an eye on the possibility that the assailant, armed with a homemade gun, had been watching for an opportunity to commit the murder.