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TOKYO, Dec 30 — A 61-year-old man suspected of starting a fire that killed 25 people at a Japanese mental health clinic died in hospital today, police said. Morio Tanimoto had been in critical condition, suffering from burns and carbon monoxide poisoning following the deadly attack in Osaka on...

The suspect in a fatal fire at a mental clinic in Osaka last week is believed to have attempted to seal the emergency exit with adhesive tape from the outside to prevent people from escaping.

OSAKA, Dec 18 — The perpetrator of a suspected arson at a psychiatry clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka that killed 24 people cannot be forgiven, a patient told media a day after the fire ripped through the fourth floor of a downtown office building. “I just cannot forgive the person who has...

Police suspect a 61-year-old male patient of starting a fire at a mental clinic in Osaka that killed 24 people, investigative sources say.

A man seen by police as a potential suspect in a deadly fire at a Japanese mental health clinic was in a critical condition on Saturday, reports said, a day after the blaze claimed 24 lives.

A fire breaks out at a building in Osaka, with firefighters saying around 20 people are feared trapped.

Up to 27 people are feared dead after a fire broke out in a building in a shopping district in Osaka, Japan, according to the Osaka Fire department. #osakafiredepartment #osaka #shoppingdistrict

Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a fire broke out in a building in Osaka in western Japan, fire department officials said Friday, and police were investigating arson as a possible cause.

27 people are feared dead after a blaze swept through a commercial building housing a mental health clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday.

At least 27 people feared dead in blaze at clinic in Japan - The fire broke out shortly after the clinic, on the fourth floor of a multi-storey office building, opened for business at 10 am.