The man suspected of killing former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe with a hand-made gun on Friday could have made the weapon in a day or two after obtaining readily available materials such as wood and metal pipes, analysts say.
The attack showed gun violence cannot be totally eliminated even in a country where tough gun laws mean it is nearly unheard of for citizens to buy or own firearms.
Video images showed the assailant fired at Abe with a device that had a pistol grip and what appeared to be two pipes covered in black electrical tape. Police arrested a 41-year-old man at the scene and said he had admitted shooting Abe; the suspect was later identified as Tetsuya Yamagami. The gun measured 40 by 20 centimetres , and was made of materials such as metal and wood, officials from the Nara prefectoral police told reporters on Friday.
The images of the firearm showed that an electrical wire passed through the cap on the end of each pipe."The electrical initiation method was likely selected in this case as conventional cartridges are much harder to acquire in Japan than in many other regions," he added.
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