Japan anime studio arsonist drops death penalty appeal: lawyer, media


More than 30 others were injured in the incident, with firefighters calling the incident “unprecedented”. - Photo: AFP

TOKYO: A Japanese man sentenced to death for an arson attack that killed 36 people at an anime studio has dropped his appeal and accepted the court's penalty, a lawyer and local media said Tuesday (Jan 28).

Shinji Aoba, 46, was sentenced to death in January last year over the 2019 blaze at the studios of Kyoto Animation -- Japan's deadliest crime in decades.

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