Death Sentence for Kyoto Animation Arsonist
Shinji Aoba, the perpetrator of 2019 Kyoto Animation studio arson attack, which resulted in the deaths of 36 people and injuries to several others, was sentenced to death by the Kyoto District Court. Aoba, who was 45 years old at the time of the sentencing, admitted to setting the fire at the animation firm’s premises in Kyoto on July 18, 2019. This attack is considered one of Japan’s worst mass murders.