The trial of the Kyoto Animation arson case has concluded. The suspect apologized for the first time. The verdict will be announced on January 25 next year.

Today, December 7, the much-watched trial of the Kyoto Animation arson case finally ended after 22 long hearings. However, the official verdict will not be announced until January 25, 2024. The suspect Shinji Aoba publicly apologized to the families of the victims for the first time in court, and the prosecution requested the court to sentence him to death.

Shinji Aoba, the suspect in the Kyoto Animation incident, deliberately set fire to the Kyoto Animation headquarters in July 2019, killing 36 people and injuring 32 people, including himself. After more than four years of treatment, Shinji Aoba officially entered the trial stage in September this year.

The prosecution's final closing statement mentioned that "this case has a particularly large number of victims in the history of Japanese criminal trials," "the defendant seemed to have apologized on the surface, but in fact his words and deeds were always contrary to the victims," ​​and "there is no reason for a light sentence."

·The suspect Shinji Aoba publicly apologized to the victims’ families for the first time in court. The defense’s biggest defense argument is still “the suspect’s mental state problem”. Please look forward to the final verdict.