DIY gun used on Abe simple to make, say analysts

TOKYO: The man suspected of killing former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun on Friday could have made the weapon in a day or two after obtaining readily available materials such as wood and metal pipes, analysts say.

“The making of guns with a 3D printer and the manufacturing of bombs can nowadays be learned off the Internet from anywhere in the world,” said Mitsuru Fukuda, a Nihon University professor specialising in crisis management and terrorism.