Suspect behind arson attack on Japanese anime studio KyoAni had grudge, was a former convict: local media

Most of the victims of an arson attack on an animation studio in Kyoto, western Japan, were in their 20s and 30s, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday, as the death toll climbed to 34.Thursday’s attack on Kyoto Animation, well known in Japan and overseas for its series and movies, was the worst mass killing in two decades in a country with some of the world’s lowest crime rates.The man suspected of setting ablaze the studio was raging about theft and witnesses, and local media reported he…