Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, has admitted to shooting Abe ... and images from the scene showed what appeared to be a weapon with two cylindrical metal barrels wrapped in black tape.

police raided Tetsuya Yamagami’s home Friday and found a small arsenal of homemade weapons — so-called zip or pipe guns. Moments after an assassin fired the deadly shots as Abe delivered a ...

This is the clunky homemade weapon used to assassinate former Japanese ... killer — identified as 41-year-old military veteran Tetsuya Yamagami — tossing the crude, black tape-covered firearm ...

identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, purchased the firearm components, either assembling himself or with a kit. A raid of the suspect's home yielded other similar weapons. Gun control in Japan ...

Police arrested Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, at the scene ... Police searched Yamagami's home and found other improvised weapons, including handmade explosives, NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports.

Tetsuya Yamagami, who hails from Nara – where the ... country’s Maritime Self-Defense Force between 2002 and 2005. "The weapon used by Abe's assailant made a noise that could be compared ...

Tetsuya Yamagami will stand trial for the muder of ... also reportedly considering adding several allegations, including weapons production, vilation to explosives control law and causing damage ...

Police said they found several other improvised weapons in the apartment of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, 41 years old, of the Japanese city of Nara, where the attack took place. Gun ownership in ...