Friday, Japanese police announced that the man suspected of assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confessed to the murder.

The suspect, who is a 41-year-old unemployed man called Tetsuya Yamagamito, told the police that he used an improvised firearm.

A police officer had told reporters, “This is what the suspect has confirmed, and we have come to the conclusion that it (the rifle) is clearly handmade. The investigations are continuing.”