Posted on 07/18/2019 6:43:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Most of the dead and the 36 injured were workers at Kyoto Animation, known for mega-hit stories featuring high school girls, with places featured in the stories even becoming “pilgrimage sites” for their fans.
The fire started in the three-story building in Japan’s ancient capital after the suspect sprayed an unidentified liquid accelerant, Kyoto prefectural police and fire department officials said. Japanese media reported the fire might have been set near the front door, forcing people to find other exits and possibly delaying their escape.
So far, 20 people were confirmed dead, including 12 on the first and second floors, and eight more on the third floor, Kyoto fire department official Mikihide Daikoku said. Nearly 10 others found on the top floor were presumed dead, he said. Some were found on the stairs, where they apparently collapsed while gasping for air and trying to go out to the roof.
Some of the injured people were in critical condition. Officials said firefighters were still searching inside the building in case anyone else was left behind. Kyoto police said the suspect was injured and taken to a hospital for treatment. They are investigating the man, who is 41 and not a company employee, on suspicion of arson, police said.
A witness who saw the suspect being approached by police told Japanese networks that the man admitted spreading gasoline and setting a fire with a lighter. She told NHK public television that the man had burns on his arms and legs and that he was angrily complaining that something of his had been “stolen,” possibly by the company. NHK footage also showed sharp knives police had collected from the scene, though it was not clear if they belonged to the suspect.
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Everything is so quiet, and orderly and polite.
This means that when the rare chimpout rolls around, it’s usually quite a doozy.
In some respects Japan is like Germany, that way.
‘Moms against fire’ were not available for comment.
Pretty good bet that no moose limbs were involved. THAT would be a real rarity in Japan.
I was stationed there in the 70’s.
Ordinary street crime did not exist.
They had their fair share of them in the 90s. Got rid of them one bright spring morning in a mass deportation, thereby dropping the Tokyo crime rate by 99%.
Exactly
We need rapid oxidation control NOW!
While I thought it seemed clear enough I still had to go to the urban dictionary for “chimpout”.
I did find it interesting that the search results also produced “white chimpout” which would seem to indicate that it’s presumably race Woke users think all whites only have a facade of civilized behavior as part of us all bring bad.
Sounds like a wise policy.
Meanwhile our politicians were burying their heads in the sand and learning to fear the accusation of Islamophobia.
Very sad and shocking.
Just goes to show that no matter how much you ban weapons, desperate folks will turn to another way to kill people.
This is a massive cultural loss. Kyoto Animation is a giant in the industry.
ping for max
There seems to be something going wrong with Japan lately.
Having a hard time seeing the cultural benefit of cartoon schoolgirls.
It was a perverse choice of words.
I read a story somewhere, maybe apocryphal, a businessman mistakenly left his briefcase at a downtown Tokyo crosswalk on a Friday morning.
Monday morning, it was still there, and he picked it back up on his way to work.
Heard a similar story from a tourist to Beijing. Left an expensive camera in some busy public square and found it where left three hours later.
What - no mention of an AR-15 - is that to come later ... or no?
Tell me your taste in movies and perhaps I can introduce you to something that will help.
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