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Conspiracy theories galore: based on reports of the shooter being motivated by a hatred for a particular organisation he associated with Shinzo Abe, some netizens believe it to be the Korea-based religious group Unification Church. The church, whose members are notably referred to as Moonies, supports Korean reunification, decries communism and supports politically conservative causes. Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump supported the church in the past.
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In 2021, Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe gave speeches praising Unification Church in its event named Rally of Hope.[90][91][92][93] Unification Church has ties with Kishi Nobusuke, Abe's grandfather and former prime minister, and Abe Shintaro, Abe's father and former foreign minister.
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Prime Minister Abe sent congratulatory telegrams to Unification Church
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Although the Japanese authorities and mainstream media still refuse to name the Unification Church (Moonies), all the new reporting on the killing of Shinzo Abe suggests that it wasn't about politics but Abe's promotion of the church. The shooter's mother went bankrupt donating to the Moonies, and he was angry.
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Parts of the story were confirmed by police:
The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told police that he initially planned to attack a leader of a religious group that he believed caused his mother to become bankrupt through donations, investigative sources said Saturday. Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, also admitted that he intended to kill Abe, believing he had promoted the group in Japan, the sources said, without naming the group. The suspect had repeatedly visited locations where Abe had delivered campaign speeches ahead of Sunday's House of Councillors election.
Shooter says he believed Abe promoted religious group that bankrupted his mother
The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told police that his mother had made a "huge donation" to a religious body, and he harbored a grudge against the group, which he believed was associated with the Japanese leader, investigative sources said Saturday. A day after the death…
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