Kẻ phóng hỏa bị kết án tử hình vì giết chết 36 người trong vụ cháy trường quay ở Kyoto năm 2019

A Japanese judge sentenced to death a man who killed 36 people in an arson attack at an anime studio in Kyoto in 2019, one of the country’s deadliest attacks (vụ tấn công nguy hiểm nhất) in decades (nhiều thập kỷ), after he was found guilty of murder on Thursday.

Shinji Aoba, the defendant (bị cáo), was charged with murder in 2020, a year after setting fire to the studio of Kyoto Animation. He had been severely burned (bỏng nặng) in the fire himself and was unconscious for weeks after, leading the authorities to wait to charge him until after he had sufficiently recovered (bình phục hoàn toàn).

Mr. Aoba had a history of mental illness (tiền sử bệnh tâm thần). The Kyoto District Court said it found him mentally capable to face punishment for his crimes, The Associated Press reported.

In July 2019, Mr. Aoba barged into (xông vào) the studio with gasoline, sprayed it with force and set it on fire with a gas lighter (bật lửa), the judge said Thursday, according to local reports. Mr. Aoba did so, the judge added, because of a grudge (mối hận thù) — he was convinced that the studio had stolen a novel from him.

source: nytimes,