A Japanese man sentenced to death for an arson attack on an anime studio that killed 36 people in 2019 said he accepted the court's verdict, a local media report said.
Shinji Aoba, 45, was convicted on Thursday over the blaze at the studios of Kyoto Animation — Japan's deadliest crime in decades.
On Friday, his defense team, who had entered a plea of not guilty claiming he had a mental disorder, appealed the ruling.
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