Kyoto Animation Arsonist Receives Death Penalty for 2019 Attack
TL;DR
Shinji Aoba, 45, was sentenced to death for setting fire to Kyoto Animation studio in 2019, resulting in the deaths of 36 people. Aoba held a grudge against the studio for rejecting his novels and claimed they had stolen his ideas, although there was no evidence of plagiarism. He sustained severe burns in the incident.
- Kyoto Animation arsonist given death penalty over 2019 attack The Japan Times
- Japan court sentences arsonist to death for deadly attack on Kyoto Animation studio CNN
- Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36 BBC.com
- Japan sentences Kyoto Animation arsonist to death over 2019 attack The Washington Post
- Man convicted of murder for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36 The Associated Press
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