Abe shooter to undergo mental competence exam before indictment

The Nara District Court has approved the detention of a man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe until Nov. 29 to examine his mental fitness, a source familiar with the case said Saturday.The pre-indictment move by the prosecution toward 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami comes amid expectations that questions over the shooter's criminal liability will form a major part of a forthcoming trial.Even as prosecutors keep the suspect held for psychiatric evaluation to see if he was mentally competent at the time of the attack and to increase its chances of a successful prosecut…READ FULL ARTICLE