Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected of killing former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, at Nara-nishi police station in Nara, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on July 10, 2022. (Reuters)
Tokyo: Japanese authorities have found the man accused of killing former prime minister Shinzo Abe fit for trial after a lengthy psychiatric assessment, local media said Tuesday.
Television footage showed Tetsuya Yamagami being transferred to a police station in western Nara from a detention centre in neighbouring Osaka, where he had spent the past five months while undergoing the assessment.
The evaluation found the 42-year-old to be fit for prosecution, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.
Prosecutors are set to indict him by Friday, national broadcaster NHK said.
Local police and prosecutors declined to comment on Yamagami's case when reached by AFP.
Yamagami was apprehended at the scene after Abe was shot to death in broad daylight as he gave a campaign speech in Nara in July.
The suspect reportedly targeted Abe in the belief that the former premier was linked to the Unification Church.
Yamagami is reported to have resented the church over large donations his mother made that left his family bankrupt.
His psychiatric review focused on his relationship with his mother and home environment, local media said.
