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Suspect in Japan anime studio fire charged with murder

by Mari Yamaguchi
| December 16, 2020 1:36 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors formally filed murder charges Wednesday against a suspect in a deadly fire at a Kyoto anime studio last year, after it was determined that he has recovered enough from his own severe burns and is mentally fit to stand trial.

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