A commemorative service is held in Kyoto to remember 36 artists and others killed in an arson attack on Japanese anime studio Kyoto Animation Co. three years ago.
About 120 people gathered for a commemorative service in Kyoto on Monday to remember 36 artists and others killed in an arson attack on Japanese anime studio Kyoto Animation Co three years ago. The attack on the company known for a long line of popular anime works, including "K-On!" and…
Japanese man charged with murder over 2019 arson Source: AFP Published: 2020/12/16 17:08:41
A woman prays at an altar set up near the burnt-out studio of Kyoto Animation Company, known as KyoAni, in the western Japanese city of Kyoto on Monday, one month after an arson attack killed 35 people. Photo: VCG
Japanese prosecutors on Wednesday charged a man with murder over the 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation that killed 36 people, local media said, the country s deadliest violent crime in decades.
Shinji Aoba, 42, was detained in the aftermath of the July 2019 attack, but has been hospitalized since then with severe burns sustained in the incident, and reportedly only regained consciousness in August 2020.