Man sentenced to death over 2019 Kyoto Animation arson that killed 36

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced Shinji Aoba to death for the 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that killed 36 people, finding him mentally competent to be held accountable for his crimes.Aoba, 45, earlier admitted to setting the blaze at the animation firm's premises in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 18, 2019. In addition to the deaths, 32 employees were injured in the attack that has gone down as one of Japan's worst mass murders.As the defendant confessed to his role in the incident, the focus of the trial at the Kyoto District Court had been on whether he could be d…READ FULL ARTICLE