Unification Church says Abe shooter's mother is follower

The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, said Monday that the mother of a man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a follower of the religious group.Tomihiro Tanaka, president of the Japan branch of the group, also said in a news conference in Tokyo that Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, is not a follower and that he had "not directly expressed grudges" to any of the group's members.Investigative sources have said he harbored a grudge against the group as his mother had made a "huge donation."The president also said that if …READ FULL ARTICLE