33 people killed in Kyoto during arson …

At least 33 people died and 36 others were injured, sometimes seriously, in the fire of an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, caused by a man who broke into the scream to "die!", Spread a flammable liquid and started burning with a lighter, authorities and witnesses reported.

The attacker, who was injured, was arrested and taken to the hospital, the police said without identifying him. The man is 41 years old and was not an employee of the study, he simply told the police, who also did not report his possible motives.

Most of the victims were employees of Kyoto Animation, which produces productions for film and television, but is best known for its hit series featuring high school students. Addressing local media, Kyoto Animation's president, Hideaki Hatta, said the company had received "numerous emails containing death threats." Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent his condolences to the victims through a message posted on the social network Twitter. The alleged badault is one of the deadliest criminal acts of recent decades in Japan, where violent crimes are very rare.

"In the premeditated murder committed in Kyoto, there are a large number of victims, it is too frightening to define it with words, I pray for the happiness of the deceased, I would like to express my condolences to the wounded and pray for a speedy recovery "he wrote. Abe.

The fire of the city of Kyoto has spread at full speed through the three-story building after man has sprinkled the site with an unidentified flammable liquid, said officers from the Kyoto Police Prefecture and firefighters. The firefighters found 33 bodies, including 20 on the third floor and some lying on the stairs leading to the roof, said firefighter Kazuhiro Hayashi. Two deaths were found on the first floor and 11 others on the second floor, he added.

One witness said he saw the attacker when the police approached him and told him that he had sprayed gasoline on the site, and then lit a fire with a lighter. Addressing NHK's public television channel, the woman said that the man had burned his arms and legs and that he was shouting that something had been "stolen", apparently by the company. Other survivors who witnessed the attack stated that the man was not working there and had shouted: "Die !, While I was pouring gasoline and that the fire broke out, local media reported.