Japanese police on Wednesday formally charged 42-year-old local man Shinji Aoba with murder relating to the arson attack in July last year at Kyoto Animation.
The blaze, set using gasoline, killed 33 people on the scene and three more in hospital. A further 33 were injured.
The charges include murder, attempted murder, arson, trespass and breach of the arms-control law, the Kyoto prosecutor’s office said.
Aoba was himself burned and was arrested quite quickly after the shocking attack. He appeared to make a confession in which he said he was angry with the firm for stealing some of his ideas. The firm often known as KyoAni, operates a competition soliciting draft novels, but has consistently denied that it used Aoba’s.
Police in Saitama, near Tokyo, uncovered DVDs from Kyoto Amination when they raided Aoba’s home. They have also investigated Aoba as the source of anonymous threatening messages made against...
The blaze, set using gasoline, killed 33 people on the scene and three more in hospital. A further 33 were injured.
The charges include murder, attempted murder, arson, trespass and breach of the arms-control law, the Kyoto prosecutor’s office said.
Aoba was himself burned and was arrested quite quickly after the shocking attack. He appeared to make a confession in which he said he was angry with the firm for stealing some of his ideas. The firm often known as KyoAni, operates a competition soliciting draft novels, but has consistently denied that it used Aoba’s.
Police in Saitama, near Tokyo, uncovered DVDs from Kyoto Amination when they raided Aoba’s home. They have also investigated Aoba as the source of anonymous threatening messages made against...
- 12/17/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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