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| Kyoto Animation studio fire: 12 dead after arson attack in Japan | |
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| An arson attack on an anime studio in Japan has left at least 12 people dead and dozens injured. | |
| The perpetrator, who was also injured and has been taken into police custody, walked into the 1st Studio building of Kyoto Animation in Uji, Kyoto prefecture at about 10.30am. He poured what is suspected to be petrol in multiple areas of the building before igniting it. | |
| There were more than 70 people were in the building, which is Kyoto Animation’s main studio, and 12 people died, according to the police. | |
| About 30 fire engines and ambulances went to the three-storey building after an explosion. Victims were taken to various hospitals in Kyoto. | |
| The suspect, identified only as a 41-year-old male, was reportedly taken to hospital before being arrested by police, who said he had admitted starting the fire. No motive for the arson attack has been reported, but Japan’s public broadcaster said he had shouted “drop dead” as he set the fires. | |
| “A man threw liquid and set fire to it,” said a Kyoto prefectural police spokesman. | |
| Emergency calls to the city fire department reported there had been an explosion on the ground floor, while later calls included people shouting: “Help us, the fire is climbing.” | |
| Images shot from a helicopter for NHK showed smoke billowing from the top floor and fire crews still battling the blaze of the badly damaged building hours after it had started. Fire crews said there might be more people left in the building. | |
| The fire department said the three floors of the building covered a total of 700 sq metres and that every storey had been damaged by the fire. | |
| I’m heartbroken seeing what happened to Kyoto Animation. I don’t know what that sick person must have had against that studio to set it on fire, but my condolences to all the hard working employees. I wish you all a safe recovery... | I’m heartbroken seeing what happened to Kyoto Animation. I don’t know what that sick person must have had against that studio to set it on fire, but my condolences to all the hard working employees. I wish you all a safe recovery... |
| The studio is located in a residential area of Uji, a historic city near the ancient capital of Kyoto. The company’s headquarters are also in the city; it has an office in Tokyo and a subsidiary in Osaka. | |
| Kyoto Animation was founded in 1981 by Yoko Hatta, an anime producer. Her husband, Hideaki, serves as the company’s president. KyoAni has produced popular anime TV series and feature films and is well-known among anime aficionados around the world for its dedication to high-quality production techniques. Its catalogue includes A Silent Voice: The Movie, K-On!, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star. | |
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