Abe killer wielded homemade gun, grudge over mother’s financial ruin…
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Wiry and bespectacled with shaggy hair, the suspect was seen stepping into the road behind Abe, who was standing on a riser at an intersection, before unloading two shots from a 40-cm-long (16-inch) weapon wrapped with black tape.
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Yamagami jury-rigged the weapon from parts bought online,…
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The suspect told police he made guns by wrapping steel pipes together with tape, some of them with three, five or six pipes, with parts he bought online, NHK said.
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