Japan prosecutors seek death penalty for anime studio arson suspect: reports

The 2019 fire at Kyoto Animation killed 36 people, many of them young employees. - AFP

TOKYO: Prosecutors on Thursday (Dec 7) sought the death penalty for a man charged over a 2019 arson attack on an anime studio that killed 36 people in Japan's deadliest crime in decades, reports said.

Shinji Aoba, who nearly died from burns he sustained, has admitted to starting the fire at Kyoto Animation and faces five charges including murder, attempted murder, and arson.