Shinji Aoba has been sentenced to death for setting fire to an anime studio in Kyoto in 2019, killing 36 people and injuring 32 others.

A Japan court sentenced a man to death, finding him guilty of murder and other crimes for a 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto anime studio that killed 36.

Japan's Kyoto District court on Thursday sentenced a man to death after he was found guilty of murder in the 2019 arson of an animation studio that killed dozens and injured others.

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced a 45-year-old man to death for setting fire to the renowned Kyoto Animation studio in 2019, which left 36 people dead in the country’s worst mass killing ...

Arsonist Sentenced to Death for Killing 36 People in 2019 Kyoto Studio Fire Shinji Aoba was charged with murder in 2020 after dousing a studio with gasoline and lighting it on fire.

Lawyers argued that Shinji Aoba was mentally unstable when he set fire in 2019 to a Kyoto animation studio, killing 36 and injuring 32.

A Japanese man was convicted and sentenced to death on Thursday for the arson and killing of 36 people at famed anime studio Kyoto Animation in 2019, public broadcaster NHK said.