Homemade weapons, one of them killed former Japanese prime minister

Video footage showed that the attacker shot Abe on Friday with a device that had a pistol handle and that looked like two tubes covered with black electrical tape. Police arrested a 41-year-old at the scene and said he had confessed to the crime.

The gun was 40cm by 20cm and made of metal and wood, local officials said in front of reporters. Analysts say the suspect could have made the gun within a day or two after receiving available materials.

Weapons production with a 3D printer and bomb production can today be taught by the internet from anywhere in the world, said Mitsuru Fukuda, a professor of Niho University specialising in crisis management and terrorism who analyzed images of the weapon used for the murder of former Prime Minister Abe.

In recent years, there have been several cases of people arrested for the production of illegal firearms - usually with the help of 3D printers in Japan but in other developed countries.

The untraceable fire weapons made by itself are increasingly emerging in deadly shootings across the United States, and the Biden administration pledged early this year to hit the ghost “arms” unlicensed.

In Europe, where weapons control laws are much stricter than in the United States, the threat stemming from illegal firearms is also a concern. /Euronews Albania