Assassin of former Japanese PM Abe sentenced to life

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A Japanese court has given life in prison to the man behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, local media reported. Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, who admitted to murdering Abe in 2022 with a handmade firearm during a campaign speech in the western Japanese city of Nara, Kyodo News reported on Wednesday. Yamagami said he held a grudge