A man has set a Japanese anime studio on fire in Kyoto, there has been at least 33 casualties and dozens injured.
The 41-year-old suspect broke into the Kyoto Anime Studio on Thursday morning and started the fire with petrol, he was later detained and taken to the hospital with injuries.
Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe offered his condolences and described the incident as dreadful. The event was catalogued as one of the worst mass casualties incidents in Japan since World War II.