KOBE (Kyodo) Two teenage boys were arrested Thursday on suspicion of participating in the murder of a 60-year-old disabled homeless man in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, last October, police said.
Makoto Amazutsumi, whose was physically impaired, was burned to death under a bridge along the Yumesaki River where he lived. The fire is believed to have been started by a firebomb.
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