The footage shows police wearing protective gear, helmets and shields entering a building identified by NHK as the home of the man, who was arrested after the attack on Abe.
Japanese police raided the home of the suspect in the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in Nara, where he was giving a campaign speech, according to images broadcast by public broadcaster NHK.
The footage shows police wearing protective gear, helmets and shields entering a building identified by NHK as the home of the man, who was arrested after the attack on Abe.
As reported by NHK, the arrested person was unhappy with Abe and decided to kill him.
The reasons for the dissatisfaction of the man, who was named by the police as Tetsuya Yamagami and is a permanent resident of Nara, are not yet clear.
According to Japanese media, the perpetrator of the attack is a former member of the Japanese Navy, about 40 years old, and used a homemade rifle for the attack, which was confiscated.
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