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Man Screams 'You Die,' Sets Japan Animation Studio on Fire

Associated Press

   TOKYO - A man screaming "You die!" burst into an animation production
   studio in Kyoto, Japan, and set it on fire early Thursday, authorities
   said, killing 13 people and leaving at least 10 more presumed dead.

   Kyoto fire department official Kazuhiro Hayashi says 36 others have
   been injured, some of them critically.Most were workers at Kyoto
   Animation, known for mega-hit stories featuring high school girls.

   The fire broke out in the three-story Kyoto Animation building in
   Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, after the suspect sprayed an
   unidentified liquid to accelerate the blaze, Kyoto prefectural police
   and fire department officials said.

   Hayashi saidfirefighters found 13 people dead on the first and second
   floors, and later found more than 10 people presumed dead on the top
   floor of a three-story building. Firefighters were still searching
   inside the building in case anyone else was left behind, he added.

   The suspect was also injured and taken to a hospital, officials said.
   Police are investigating the man on suspicion of arson.

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