A 61-year-old office worker who was arrested for setting fire to an apartment in Yatomi City, Aichi Prefecture, killing three people, was found in a large pile of clothes on the first floor of the apartment. It is believed that the three people who died were acquainted with each other, and police are investigating the details of the incident.
Suspect Shinobu Sato (61), a company employee, was charged with murder and arson on the 29th, as he was accused of starting the fire.