OSAKA (Kyodo) Prosecutors demanded the death penalty Thursday for a man charged with arson and murder in a fire at a video-viewing establishment in Osaka last October that left 16 people dead and four others injured.
Kazuhiro Ogawa, 47, has pleaded not guilty to the charges in his trial at the Osaka District Court.
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