Kyoto Animation arsonist given death penalty over 2019 attack

Kyoto Animation arsonist given death penalty over 2019 attack

A 45-year-old man was handed the death penalty on Thursday for setting a Kyoto Animation studio on fire in 2019 and killing 36 people in one of Japan’s deadliest mass murders. The Kyoto District Court found Shinji Aoba guilty of setting the three-story building on fire because of a grudge he had against Kyoto Animation. … Read more