This is repeatedly reported news, not one journalist.
According to Japanese police, the shooter claimed Abe's religious group association was the motive. At least two other papers have linked that group to the Family Federation (formerly Unification Church) and the Family Federation issued a PR newswire about the shooting yesterday after refusing to comment.
it's one thing to say we have a motive for the shooter, another thing to say that his actions were a rational line of causality as the OP appears to do
According to Japanese police, the shooter claimed Abe's religious group association was the motive. At least two other papers have linked that group to the Family Federation (formerly Unification Church) and the Family Federation issued a PR newswire about the shooting yesterday after refusing to comment.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/09/shinzo-abe-bod...
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-tetsuya-yamaga...
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-07-10/mot...
Here is the Church's statement:
https://www.djournal.com/unification-church-statement-on-the...