Kyoto studio arson suspect bought 6 knives weeks in advance of attack

The suspect accused of carrying out a deadly arson attack last July on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio bought six knives in his hometown a few weeks before the attack, investigative sources said Thursday.Shinji Aoba, 42, who was arrested last week after being judged to have recovered sufficiently from life-threatening burns, bought the knives at a store in Saitama, near Tokyo, and took them to the studio in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward where he allegedly lit the fire that killed 36 people and injured 33 others, the sources said.Aoba was quoted as saying, "I was thinking of attacking (the studio) with …READ FULL ARTICLE