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.

Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio on July 18, 2019, and set it on fire. Many of the victims were believed to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

The suspect in a 2019 arson attack at an animation studio in Japan went on trial Tuesday, pleading guilty to the murder of 36 people. Shinji Aoba, 45, is charged with multiple counts of murder ...

Aoba set Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio on fire in July 2019. Along with killing 36 people, the attack left more than 30 other people badly burned or injured, per the outlet.

Tokyo (CNN) — 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 ...

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 has reportedly been sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing 36 people in a fire in 2019. Shinji Aoba is accused of setting fire to Kyoto Animation Studio No. 1 ...

A man prays for the victims after placing flowers outside the Kyoto Animation Studio building consumed in an arson attack, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan. A man screaming "You die!" burst into ...

A suspected arson attack at an animation production company in Japan killed 33 people and injured dozens more on Thursday, after a man reportedly doused the building with flammable liquid and ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A Japanese man facing the death penalty in a 2019 arson at the renowned Kyoto Animation studio confessed Tuesday to setting the blaze that killed 36, saying, "I now think that I ...

A man prays for the victims after placing flowers outside the Kyoto Animation Studio building consumed in an arson attack, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan. A man screaming "You die!" burst ...

Japan Animation Studio Fire A firefighter is seen through the window of the Kyoto Animation Studio building consumed in an arson attack, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan.