Kyoto Animation fire: Man admits setting 2019 blaze

2023-09-05 16:46

The 45-year-old Japanese is claiming mental incompetence for the Kyoto Animation blaze that killed 36.

A Japanese man has pleaded guilty to starting a fire at a popular animation studio that killed 36 people.

The Kyoto Animation studio blaze on 18 July 2019 was one of Japan's worst-ever murder cases.

Many of those killed were young animators trapped on the upper floor, and another 32 people...