TOKYO — A man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to go on trial on Tuesday, three years after the assassination of Japan’s longest-serving premier stunned a nation where gun crime and political violence are rare .

The trial opens the same day as two of Abe’s former allies, incumbent Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and visiting U.S. President Donald Trump , hold a summit.

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, was arrested at the scene of the shooting in July 2022 after allegedly firing at Abe with a homemade gun while the former premier was giving a speech during an election campaign in the western Japanese city of Nara.

Yamagami blamed Abe for promoting the Unification Church , a religious group he held a grudge against after his mother donated to it some 100

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