Firefighters check the torced Kyoto Animation building in Kyoto, Japan, July 19, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - A man suspected of torching an animation studio and killing 33 people in Japan's worst mass killing in two decades, carried out the attack because he believed his novel had been plagiarized, media said on Friday.
The man wheeled a trolley carrying at least one bucket of petrol to the entrance of the Kyoto Animation building in Kyoto city before dousing the area, shouting "die" and setting it ablaze on Thursday, broadcaster Nippon TV said, citing police.
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