TOKYO, May 22 (Xinhua) — A person suspected of throwing an explosive system in direction of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida final month will endure a psychiatric analysis, knowledgeable sources stated Monday.
The Wakayama Summary Court in western Japan has permitted the request from prosecutors to maintain the alleged assailant, 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura, for psychiatric analysis, till Sept. 1.
Specifically, the prosecutors within the case want to decide by the psychiatric analysis whether or not Kimura could be held criminally answerable for his involvement within the alleged assault.
Kimura, from Hyogo Prefecture, is alleged to have thrown an explosive system in direction of Kishida because the prime minister was about to make a stump speech at a neighborhood fishing port within the metropolis of Wakayama on April 15.
Kishida was not injured within the assault, however a police officer and one other individual sustained minor accidents because of the assault, in keeping with native media.
Kimura was swiftly arrested on the scene on suspicion of obstructing enterprise and was later served a contemporary arrest warrant for manufacturing explosives in violation of Japan’s firearms management regulation.
According to investigators, Kimura has remained silent since his arrest, however they’re attempting to find out if he held a grudge in opposition to Japan’s election system as he had sued the federal government in June final 12 months, claiming he was unable to run within the higher home election final 12 months as a consequence of some restrictions, together with age.
The newest assault comes lower than a 12 months after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot by an assailant with a selfmade gun whereas making a stump speech.