KYOTO – Police on Friday searched the home of the 41-year-old man suspected of being behind the arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that left 34 people dead.
Around 10 investigators entered Shinji Aoba’s apartment in the city of Saitama at 9 a.m. seeking evidence that could help them piece together a motive and the sequence of events leading up to the crime.
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