Abe was shot dead on Friday.
The police had the shooter in custody already.
Youd think that would be where it ended.
Man shoots notable politician, is arrested at scene, charged, and the law takes its course.
Not when the Internet gets involved, it would seem.
Comments on 4chan suggesting a resemblance between Yamagami and Kojima made their way to Twitter.
#KojimaProductionsstrongly condemns the spread of fake news and rumors that convey false information.
Translated to English, thats The extreme-left kills.
One of those photos appears to have been picked up and broadcast by the Greek TV station.
Rieu later deleted his tweet, but people managed tocatch itbefore it disappeared.
Kojima has yet to comment himself, but shared his companys tweet the day following Abe’s murder.