Tag: Shinji aoba

Kyoto Animation President and More Respond to Arsonist’s Death Sentence, Appeal Filed

Yesterday the Kyoto District Court sentenced Shinji Aoba to death for the 2019 arson at Kyoto Animation that killed 36 people and injured nearly as many. In response, Hideaki Hatta, the president of Kyoto Animation, stated: In accordance with the rules of law, we have …Read more »

Kyoto Animation Arsonist Receives Death Penalty

January 25, 2024

Danica Davidson

The Kyoto District Court decided not to show any leniency on Shinji Aoba, the man who confessed to the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson that killed 36 people and wounded nearly as many. He has been given the death penalty. Aoba’s defense did not try to …Read more »