A man prays after placeing flowers near the torched Kyoto Animation building to mourn the victims of the arson attack, in Kyoto, Japan, July 19, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - Animation fans gathered at the site of Japan's worst mass killing in 18 years on Friday, laying flowers and offering prayers for the 33 people killed in an arson attack on an animation studio.
A man had on Thursday shouted "die", and that he had been plagiarised, before pouring what appeared to be petrol in the three-storey studio of Kyoto Animation and setting it ablaze.
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