Man who assassinated former Japan leader Abe with homemade gun sentenced to life in prison

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The man who killed Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK reported. The ruling concludes a yearslong trial over an assassination that shocked Japan – where gun violence is rare – and put the spotlight on