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-year-old man named Tetsuya Yamagami (a former Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force officer with a term of three years [from 2002 to 2005]) was arrested following the shooting and later confessed to local police.[318][319] Yamagami stated that he held a grudge against a “particular religious group” and shot Abe because he believed that “the religious group and Abe were connected”.
