Abe Shooter’s Homemade Guns Were All Lethal: Police Witness

From Jiji

November 6 2025

NARA – Seven guns made by Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with the murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, were all lethal, a police witness said at Nara District Court on Thursday. 
   The witness is a researcher at the Nara prefectural police department’s forensic laboratory who analyzed the homemade guns.
   During the sixth court hearing of Yamagami’s trial, videos of test firings conducted during the examination of the guns were played, with the 45-year-old defendant watching the monitor expressionlessly.
   According to the witness, while ordinary guns ignite gunpowder by striking the detonator with the hammer, Yamagami’s guns used electricity.
   The power of the homemade guns was calculated from bullet weight and velocity in the test firings, and the results “far exceeded” the levels required to injure or kill humans, the witness said.