Alleged arsonist claims stolen novel motive behind fatal attack on anime studio in Japan's Kyoto

Firemen work at a Kyoto Animation studio building after an arson attack in Kyoto, Japan, July 19, 2019. The motive behind an alleged arson attack on a studio of Kyoto Animation Co. in western Japan, which killed 33 people a day earlier, may have been the theft of ideas, sources said Friday. Local media quoting investigative sources, said that a 41-year-old man apprehended over the alleged arson attack told police he started the fire at the three-story studio because the company "stole a novel." (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)