Abe shooter's mother donated 100 mil. yen to Unification Church

The mother of the man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe donated about 100 million yen ($720,000) to the Unification Church, the man's uncle said Friday.The assailant, 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, has told investigators he believes Abe was linked to the church and that he resents the organization because his mother's donations to it ruined his family's finances.Yamagami shot Abe on July 8 when the former prime minister was delivering a stump speech on a street in the western city of Nara. Yamagami was arrested at the scene where police found a homemade gun, and he was sent t…READ FULL ARTICLE