This is repeatedly reported news, not one journalist. According to Japanese police, the shooter claimed Abe's religious group association was the motive. At l

This is repeatedly reported news, not one journalist. According to Japanese police, the shooter claimed Abe's religious group association was the motive. At least two other papers have linked that group to the Family Federation (formerly Unification Church) and the Family Federation issued a PR newswire about the shooting yesterday after refusing to comment. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/09/shinzo-abe-body-tokyo-japan-election-campaign-nara https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/09/shinzo-abe-bod... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-tetsuya-yamagami-japan-prime-minister-shinzo-abe/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-tetsuya-yamaga... https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-07-10/motives-abe-religious-group-6607822.html https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-07-10/mot... Here is the Church's statement: https://www.djournal.com/unification-church-statement-on-the-assassination-of-former-japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abe/article_822f401c-79b0-52e2-9800-4e565ac03676.html https://www.djournal.com/unification-church-statement-on-the...