Man behind anime studio arson attack appeals death sentence


A JAPANESE man sentenced to death for an arson attack that killed 36 people at an anime studio appealed the ruling, a court said.Shinji Aoba, 45, was convicted on Thursday over the 2019 blaze at the studios of Kyoto Animation – Japan’s deadliest crime in decades.

His lawyers had entered a plea of not guilty, saying he had a mental disorder.

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